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Exhibit 10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT 

AGREEMENT, dated as of [            ] [    ],
201[    ], by and between GANNETT CO., INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [ ] (the “Indemnitee”). 

WHEREAS, it is essential to the Company to retain and attract as directors and officers the most capable persons available; 

WHEREAS, the Indemnitee is a director and/or officer of the Company; 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Indemnitee recognize the increased risk of litigation and other claims being asserted against directors and
officers of companies in today’s environment; 
 WHEREAS, the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
(“Certificate of Incorporation”) and Amended and Restated Bylaws (“Bylaws”) require the Company to indemnify and advance expenses to its directors and officers to the extent provided therein, and the Indemnitee
serves as a director and/or officer of the Company, in part, in reliance on such provisions in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws; 

WHEREAS, the Company has determined that its inability to retain and attract as directors and officers the most capable persons would be
detrimental to the interests of the Company, and that Company therefore should seek to assure such persons that indemnification and insurance coverage will be available in the future; and 

WHEREAS, in recognition of the Indemnitee’s need for substantial protection against personal liability in order to enhance the
Indemnitee’s continued service to the Company in an effective manner and the Indemnitee’s reliance on the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, and in part to provide the Indemnitee with specific contractual assurance
that the protection promised by the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws will be available to the Indemnitee (regardless of, among other things, any amendment to or revocation of the applicable provisions of the Company’s
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws or any change in the composition of the governing bodies of the Company or any acquisition transaction relating to the Company), the Company wishes to provide in this Agreement for the indemnification of and
the advancing of expenses to the Indemnitee to the fullest extent (whether partial or complete) permitted by law and as set forth in this Agreement, and, to the extent insurance is maintained, for the continued coverage of the Indemnitee under the
directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy of the Company. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the
Indemnitee continuing to serve the Company directly or, on its behalf or at its request, as an officer, director, manager, member, partner, tax matters partner, fiduciary or trustee of, or in any other capacity with, another Person (as defined
below) or any employee benefit plan, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

 1. Certain Definitions. In addition to terms defined elsewhere herein, the following terms
have the following meanings when used in this Agreement: 
  

	 	(a)	Agreement: shall mean this Indemnification Agreement, as amended from time to time hereafter. 

  

	 	(b)	Board of Directors: shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company. 

  

	 	(c)	Claim: means any threatened, asserted, pending or completed civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other action, suit or proceeding of any kind whatsoever, including any arbitration or other
alternative dispute resolution mechanism, or any appeal of any kind thereof, or any inquiry or investigation, whether instituted by the Company, any governmental agency or any other party, that the Indemnitee in good faith believes might lead to the
institution of any such action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other, including any arbitration or other alternative dispute resolution mechanism. 

 

	 	(d)	Disinterested Director: means a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the matter in respect of which indemnification is sought by the Indemnitee. 

 

	 	(e)	 Indemnifiable Expenses: means (i) all expenses and liabilities, including judgments, fines, penalties, interest, amounts paid in
settlement with the approval of the Company, and counsel fees and disbursements (including, without limitation, experts’ fees, court costs, retainers, transcript fees, duplicating, printing and binding costs, as well as telecommunications,
postage and courier charges) paid or incurred in connection with investigating, defending, being a witness in or participating in (including on appeal), or preparing to investigate, defend, be a witness in or participate in, any Claim by reason of
the fact that Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or while serving as a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving or has agreed to serve on behalf of or at the request of
the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, fiduciary, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust,
employee benefit plan or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted in any such capacity, whether 

  
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occurring before, on or after the date of this Agreement (any such event, an “Indemnifiable Event”), (ii) any liability pursuant to a loan guaranty or otherwise, for any
indebtedness of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, including, without limitation, any indebtedness which the Company or any subsidiary of the Company has assumed or taken subject to, and (iii) any liabilities which an Indemnitee
incurs as a result of acting on behalf of the Company (whether as a fiduciary or otherwise) in connection with the operation, administration or maintenance of an employee benefit plan or any related trust or funding mechanism (whether such
liabilities are in the form of excise taxes assessed by the United States Internal Revenue Service, penalties assessed by the Department of Labor, restitutions to such a plan or trust or other funding mechanism or to a participant or beneficiary of
such plan, trust or other funding mechanism, or otherwise). 

  

	 	(f)	Indemnitee-Related Entities: means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (other than the Company or any other corporation,
limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise Indemnitee has agreed, on behalf of the Company or at the Company’s request, to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent and which
service is covered by the indemnity described in this Agreement) from whom an Indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Company may also have an indemnification or
advancement obligation (other than as a result of obligations under an insurance policy). 

  

	 	(g)	Independent Counsel: means a law firm, a member of a law firm, or an independent practitioner, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and shall include any person who, under the applicable standards of
professional conduct then prevailing, would not have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or the Indemnitee in an action to determine the Indemnitee’s rights under the Agreement. 

 

	 	(h)	Jointly Indemnifiable Claim: means any Claim for which the Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification from both an Indemnitee-Related Entity and the Company pursuant to applicable law, any indemnification
agreement or the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or comparable organizational documents of the Company and an Indemnitee-Related Entity.

  
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	 	(i)	Person: means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, governmental entity or other entity. 

2. Basic Indemnification Arrangement; Advancement of Expenses. 

(a) In the event that the Indemnitee was, is or becomes subject to, a party to or witness or other participant in, or is threatened to be made
subject to, a party to or witness or other participant in, a Claim by reason of (or arising in part out of) an Indemnifiable Event, the Company shall indemnify the Indemnitee, or cause such Indemnitee to be indemnified, to the fullest extent
permitted by Delaware law in effect on the date hereof and as amended from time to time; provided, however, that no change in Delaware law shall have the effect of reducing the benefits available to the Indemnitee hereunder based on
Delaware law as in effect on the date hereof or as such benefits may improve as a result of amendments after the date hereof. The rights of the Indemnitee provided in this Section 2 shall include, without limitation, the rights set forth in the
other sections of this Agreement. Payments of Indemnifiable Expenses shall be made as soon as practicable but in any event no later than ten (10) days after written demand is presented to the Company, against any and all Indemnifiable Expenses.

 (b) If so requested by the Indemnitee, the Company shall advance, or cause to be advanced (within twenty (20) days of such request),
any and all Indemnifiable Expenses incurred by the Indemnitee (an “Expense Advance”). The Company shall, in accordance with such request (but without duplication), either (i) pay, or cause to be paid, such Indemnifiable
Expenses on behalf of the Indemnitee, or (ii) reimburse, or cause the reimbursement of, the Indemnitee for such Indemnifiable Expenses. The Indemnitee’s right to an Expense Advance is absolute and shall not be subject to any condition that
the Board of Directors shall not have determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under applicable law. However, the obligation of the Company to make an Expense Advance pursuant to this Section 2(b) shall be subject to the
condition that, if, when and to the extent that a final judicial determination is made (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed) that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be so indemnified under applicable law, the
Company shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Indemnitee (who hereby agrees to reimburse the Company) for all such amounts theretofore paid (it being understood and agreed that the foregoing agreement by the Indemnitee shall be deemed to satisfy
any requirement that the Indemnitee provide the Company with an undertaking to repay any Expense Advance if it is ultimately determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under applicable law). The Indemnitee’s undertaking
to repay such Expense Advances shall be unsecured and interest-free. 
 (c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the
Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification or advancement of Indemnifiable Expenses pursuant to this Agreement in connection with any Claim initiated by the Indemnitee unless (i) the Company has joined in or the Board of Directors of
the Company has authorized or consented to the initiation of such Claim or (ii) the Claim 

  
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is one to enforce the Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement (including an action pursued by the Indemnitee to secure a determination that the Indemnitee should be indemnified under
applicable law). 
 (d) The indemnification obligations of the Company under Section 2(a) shall be subject to the condition that it
shall not have been determined that the indemnification of the Indemnitee is not proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under applicable law. Upon request by the Indemnitee for indemnification, a
determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to the Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall be made as follows: (i) if requested by the Indemnitee, by Independent Counsel, or (ii) if no request is made by the Indemnitee
for a determination by Independent Counsel, (1) by the Board of Directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of Disinterested Directors, or (2) if a quorum of the Board of Directors consisting of Disinterested Directors is not
obtainable or, even if obtainable, such quorum of Disinterested Directors so directs, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to the Indemnitee, or (3) if a quorum of
Disinterested Directors so directs, by a majority vote of the stockholders of the Corporation. In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the
Board of Directors unless there shall have occurred within two years prior to the date of the commencement of the Proceeding for which indemnification is claimed a “Change of Control” as defined in the Company’s Omnibus
Incentive Compensation Plan, in which case the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Indemnitee unless the Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Board of Directors. If the Board of Directors or other appropriate persons
listed above, as applicable, determine that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified in whole or in part under applicable law, the Indemnitee shall have the right to commence litigation in any court in the States of New York or Delaware
having subject matter jurisdiction thereof and in which venue is proper, seeking an initial determination by the court or challenging any such determination or any aspect thereof, including the legal or factual bases therefor, and the Company hereby
consents to service of process and to appear in any such proceeding. If the Indemnitee commences legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to secure a determination that the Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law, any
previous determination that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under applicable law shall not be binding, the Indemnitee shall continue to be entitled to receive Expense Advances, and the Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse
the Company for any Expense Advance, until a final judicial determination is made (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed) that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be so indemnified under applicable law. Any
determination by the Board of Directors or other appropriate persons listed above otherwise shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and the Indemnitee. 

(e) To the extent that the Indemnitee has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any or all Claims relating in whole or in
part to an Indemnifiable Event or in defense of any issue or matter therein, including dismissal 

  
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without prejudice, the Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all Indemnifiable Expenses actually and reasonably incurred in connection therewith, notwithstanding an earlier determination by the
Board of Directors that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under applicable law. 
 3. Indemnification for Additional
Expenses. The Company shall indemnify, or cause the indemnification of, the Indemnitee against any and all Indemnifiable Expenses and, if requested by the Indemnitee, shall advance such Indemnifiable Expenses to the Indemnitee subject to and in
accordance with Section 2(b) and (d), which are incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with any action brought by the Indemnitee, the Company or any other Person with respect to the Indemnitee’s right to: (i) indemnification or an
Expense Advance by the Company under this Agreement or any provision of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and/or Bylaws and/or (ii) recovery under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by
the Company, regardless of whether the Indemnitee ultimately is determined to be entitled to such indemnification, Expense Advance or insurance recovery, as the case may be; provided that the Indemnitee shall be required to reimburse such
Indemnifiable Expenses in the event that a final judicial determination is made (as to which all rights of appeal therefrom have been exhausted or lapsed) that such action brought by the Indemnitee, or the defense by the Indemnitee of an action
brought by the Company or any other Person, as applicable, was frivolous or in bad faith. 
 4. Partial Indemnity, Etc. If the
Indemnitee is entitled under any provision of this Agreement to indemnification by the Company for some or a portion of the Indemnifiable Expenses in respect of a Claim but not, however, for all of the total amount thereof, the Company shall
nevertheless indemnify the Indemnitee for the portion thereof to which the Indemnitee is entitled. 
 5. Burden of Proof. In
connection with any determination by the Board of Directors, any court or otherwise as to whether the Indemnitee is entitled to be indemnified hereunder, the Board of Directors or court shall presume that the Indemnitee has satisfied the applicable
standard of conduct and is entitled to indemnification, and the burden of proof shall be on the Company or its representative to establish, by clear and convincing evidence, that the Indemnitee is not so entitled. 

6. Reliance as Safe Harbor. The Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification for any action or omission to act undertaken
(a) in good faith reliance upon the records of the Company, including its financial statements, or upon information, opinions, reports or statements furnished to the Indemnitee by the officers or employees of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries in the course of their duties, or by committees of the Board of Directors, or by any other Person as to matters the Indemnitee reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence, or (b) on
behalf of the Company in furtherance of the interests of the Company in good faith in reliance upon, and in accordance with, the advice of legal counsel or accountants, provided such legal counsel or accountants were selected with reasonable care by
or on behalf of the Company. In addition, the knowledge and/or actions, or failures to act, of any director, officer, agent or employee of the Company shall not be imputed to the Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnity
hereunder. 

  
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 7. No Other Presumptions. For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any claim,
action, suit or proceeding, by judgment, order, settlement (whether with or without court approval) or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not meet any particular
standard of conduct or have any particular belief or that a court has determined that indemnification is not permitted by applicable law. In addition, neither the failure of the Board of Directors to have made a determination as to whether the
Indemnitee has met any particular standard of conduct or had any particular belief, nor an actual determination by the Board of Directors that the Indemnitee has not met such standard of conduct or did not have such belief, prior to the commencement
of legal proceedings by the Indemnitee to secure a judicial determination that the Indemnitee should be indemnified under applicable law shall be a defense to the Indemnitee’s claim or create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met any
particular standard of conduct or did not have any particular belief. 
 8. Nonexclusivity, Etc. The rights of the Indemnitee
hereunder shall be in addition to any other rights the Indemnitee may have under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, the laws of the State of Delaware, or otherwise. To the extent that a change in Delaware law or the
interpretation thereof (whether by statute or judicial decision) permits greater indemnification by agreement than would be afforded currently under the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, it is the intent of the parties hereto
that the Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change. To the extent that there is a conflict or inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or
Bylaws, it is the intent of the parties hereto that the Indemnitee shall enjoy the greater benefits regardless of whether contained herein, in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws. No amendment or alteration of the
Company’s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or any other agreement shall adversely affect the rights provided to Indemnitee under this Agreement. 

9. Liability Insurance. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to purchase and maintain a policy or policies of insurance
with reputable insurance companies with A.M. Best ratings of “A” or better, providing Indemnitee with coverage for any liability asserted against, or incurred by, Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf by reason of the fact that
Indemnitee is or was or has agreed to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or while serving as a director or officer of the Company, is or was serving or has agreed to serve on behalf of or at the request of the Company as
a director, officer, employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, fiduciary, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit
plan or other enterprise, or arising out of Indemnitee’s status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify Indemnitee against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement. Such insurance policies shall

  
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have coverage terms and policy limits at least as favorable to Indemnitee as the insurance coverage provided to any other director or officer of the Company. If the Company has such insurance in
effect at the time the Company receives from Indemnitee any notice of the commencement of an action, suit or proceeding, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of such action, suit or proceeding to the insurers in accordance with
the procedures set forth in the policy. The Company shall thereafter take all necessary or desirable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such proceeding in accordance with the terms of
such policy. 
 10. Period of Limitations. No legal action shall be brought and no cause of action shall be asserted by or in the
right of the Company against the Indemnitee, the Indemnitee’s spouse, heirs, executors or personal or legal representatives after the expiration of two years from the date of accrual of such cause of action, and any claim or cause of action of
the Company shall be extinguished and deemed released unless asserted by the timely filing of a legal action within such two-year period; provided, however, that if any shorter period of limitations is otherwise applicable to any such cause of
action such shorter period shall govern. 
 11. Amendments, Etc. No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be
binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor shall such waiver
constitute a continuing waiver. In the event the Company or any of its subsidiaries enters into an indemnification agreement with another director, officer, agent, fiduciary or manager of the Company or any of its subsidiaries containing a term or
terms more favorable to the indemnitee than the terms contained herein (as determined by the Indemnitee), the Indemnitee shall be afforded the benefit of such more favorable term or terms and such more favorable term or terms shall be deemed
incorporated by reference herein as if set forth in full herein. As promptly as practicable following the execution by the Company or the relevant subsidiary of each indemnity agreement with any such other director, officer or manager (i) the
Company shall send a copy of the indemnity agreement to the Indemnitee, and (ii) if requested by the Indemnitee, the Company shall prepare, execute and deliver to the Indemnitee an amendment to this Agreement containing such more favorable term
or terms. 
 12. Subrogation. Subject to Section 13, in the event of payment by the Company under this Agreement, the Company
shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee with respect to any insurance policy. Indemnitee shall execute all papers reasonably required and shall do everything that may be reasonably
necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such documents necessary to enable the Company effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights. The Company shall pay or reimburse all expenses actually and reasonably incurred by
Indemnitee in connection with such subrogation. 
 13. Jointly Indemnifiable Claims. Given that certain Jointly Indemnifiable Claims
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and the Company and the service of the Indemnitee as a director and/or officer of the Company at the request of the Indemnitee-Related Entities, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the
Company shall be fully and primarily responsible for the payment to the Indemnitee in respect of indemnification and advancement of expenses in connection with any such Jointly Indemnifiable Claim, pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement, irrespective of any right of recovery the Indemnitee may have from the Indemnitee-Related Entities. Under no circumstance shall the Company be entitled to any right of subrogation or contribution by the Indemnitee-Related Entities
and no right of recovery the Indemnitee may have from the Indemnitee-Related Entities shall reduce or otherwise alter the rights of the Indemnitee or the obligations of the Company hereunder. In the event that any of the Indemnitee-Related Entities
shall make any payment to the Indemnitee in respect of indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to any Jointly Indemnifiable Claim, the Indemnitee-Related Entity making such payment shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to
all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee against the Company, and the Indemnitee shall execute all papers reasonably required and shall do all things that may be reasonably necessary to secure such rights, including the execution of such
documents as may be necessary to enable the Indemnitee-Related Entities effectively to bring suit to enforce such rights. Each of the Indemnitee-Related Entities shall be third-party beneficiaries with respect to this Paragraph 13, entitled to
enforce this Paragraph 13 against the Company as though each such Indemnitee-Related Entity were a party to this Agreement. 
 14. No
Duplication of Payments. Subject to Paragraph 13 hereof, the Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment in connection with any Claim made against the Indemnitee to the extent the Indemnitee has otherwise actually
received payment (under any insurance policy, any provision of the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws, or otherwise) of the amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder. 

15. Defense of Claims. The Company shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any Claim relating to an Indemnifiable Event or
to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnitee; provided that if the Indemnitee believes, after consultation with counsel selected by the Indemnitee, that (i) the use of counsel chosen by the
Company to represent the Indemnitee would present such counsel with an actual or potential conflict of interest, (ii) the named parties in any such Claim (including any impleaded parties) include the Company or any subsidiary of the Company and
the Indemnitee and the Indemnitee concludes that there may be one or more legal defenses available to him that are different from or in addition to those available to the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or (iii) any such representation
by such counsel would be precluded under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, then the Indemnitee shall be entitled to retain separate counsel (but not more than one law firm plus, if applicable, local counsel in respect
of any particular Claim) at the Company’s expense. The Company shall not be liable to the Indemnitee under this Agreement for any amounts paid in settlement of any Claim relating to an Indemnifiable Event

  
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effected without the Company’s prior written consent. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee, effect any settlement of any Claim relating to an
Indemnifiable Event which the Indemnitee is or could have been a party unless such settlement solely involves the payment of money and includes a complete and unconditional release of the Indemnitee from all liability on all claims that are the
subject matter of such Claim. Neither the Company nor the Indemnitee shall unreasonably withhold its or his consent to any proposed settlement; provided that the Indemnitee may withhold consent to any settlement that does not provide a
complete and unconditional release of the Indemnitee. To the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, the Company’s assumption of the defense of a Claim pursuant to this Section 15 will constitute an irrevocable acknowledgement by the
Company that any Indemnifiable Expenses incurred by or for the account of Indemnitee incurred in connection therewith are indemnifiable by the Company under Section 2 of this Agreement. 

16. Binding Effect, Etc. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties hereto and
their respective successors, (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company), assigns, spouses, heirs, executors and personal and
legal representatives. The Company shall require and cause any successor(s) (whether directly or indirectly, whether in one or a series of transactions, and whether by purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise) to all or a significant portion of
the business and/or assets of the Company and/or its subsidiaries (on a consolidated basis), by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Indemnitee and his or her counsel, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in
the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place; provided that no such assumption shall relieve the Company from its obligations hereunder and any obligations shall
thereafter be joint and several. This Agreement shall continue in effect regardless of whether the Indemnitee continues to serve as a director or officer of the Company and/or on behalf of or at the request of the Company as a director, officer,
employee or agent (which, for purposes hereof, shall include a trustee, fiduciary, partner or manager or similar capacity) of another corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
enterprise. Neither this Agreement nor any duties or responsibilities pursuant hereto may be assigned by the Company to any other person or entity without the prior written consent of the Indemnitee. 

17. Security. To the extent requested by the Indemnitee, the Company shall at any time and from time to time provide security to the
Indemnitee for the obligations of the Company hereunder through an irrevocable bank line of credit, funded trust or other collateral or by other means. Any such security, once provided to the Indemnitee, may not be revoked or released without the
prior written consent of such Indemnitee. 

  
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 18. Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, all portions of any paragraph of this Agreement containing
any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that are not themselves invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this
Agreement (including, without limitation, all portions of any paragraph of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable and to give effect to the terms of this Agreement. 
 19. Specific Performance, Etc. The
parties recognize that if any provision of this Agreement is violated by the parties hereto, the Indemnitee may be without an adequate remedy at law. Accordingly, in the event of any such violation, the Indemnitee shall be entitled, if the
Indemnitee so elects, to institute proceedings, either in law or at equity, to obtain damages, to enforce specific performance, to enjoin such violation, or to obtain any relief or any combination of the foregoing as the Indemnitee may elect to
pursue. If any payment to be made by the Company to the Indemnitee is delayed by more than ninety (90) days from the date of request, interest shall be paid by the Company to the Indemnitee at the legal rate under Delaware law for amounts which
the Company indemnifies or is obligated to indemnify for the period commencing with the date on which Indemnitee actually incurs the Indemnifiable Expenses and ending with the date on which such payment is made to Indemnitee; provided,
however, that no interest shall be paid if the delay in payment is due to a good faith dispute by the Company of the Indemnitee’s right to indemnification or the amounts thereof. 

20. Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder to any party shall be deemed to be sufficient if
contained in a written document delivered in person or sent by telecopy, nationally recognized overnight courier or personal delivery, addressed to such party at the address set forth below or such other address as may hereafter be designated on the
signature pages of this Agreement or in writing by such party to the other parties: 
 (a) If to the Company, to: 

Gannett Co., Inc. 
 7950 Jones
Branch Drive 
 McLean, Virginia 22107 

Attn: General Counsel 
 (b) If
to the Indemnitee, to the address set forth on Annex A hereto. 
 All such notices, requests, consents and other communications shall be deemed to
have been given or made if and when received (including by overnight courier) by the parties at the above addresses or sent by electronic transmission, with confirmation received, to the telecopy numbers specified above (or at such other address or

  
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telecopy number for a party as shall be specified by like notice). Any notice delivered by any party hereto to any other party hereto shall also be delivered to each other party hereto
simultaneously with delivery to the first party receiving such notice. 
 21. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in
counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be
produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement. 
 22. Headings. The headings of the sections and paragraphs of this Agreement
are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction or interpretation thereof. 

23. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware
applicable to contracts made and to be performed in such state without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above
written. 
  

			
	GANNETT CO., INC.
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:
	Title:
	
	  

	[Indemnitee]

 Annex A 
  

									
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 Exhibit 10.2 

Gannett Co., Inc. 

Clawback Policy 

Effective December 9, 2015 

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Gannett Co., Inc. (the “Company”) believes it is appropriate for the Company to
adopt the following clawback policy (the “Policy”) to be applied to any Company officer who is subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or an individual who was such a Company officer in the three year
period prior to the date of the event that triggered this Policy (each, an “Executive”): 
 The Board may decide to apply the
Policy to any Executive in the following circumstances: 
  

	 	•	 	The Company is required to restate its financial statements due to material noncompliance with any financial reporting requirement as a result of Misconduct by an Executive (hereinafter referred to as a
“Restatement Event”). For purposes of this policy, “Misconduct” shall mean fraud, intentional misconduct or gross negligence, as determined in the sole discretion of the Board (or designated Committee); 

 

	 	•	 	The Board’s (or designated Committee’s) determination that an Executive engaged in fraud, theft, misappropriation, embezzlement or misrepresentation to the material detriment of the Company’s financial
results as filed with the SEC (hereinafter referred to as a “Material Detriment Event”); or 

  

	 	•	 	An Executive is terminated from employment by the Company due to a felony conviction (including a plea of guilty or of nolo contendere), which is directly and materially harmful to the business or reputation of the
Company (hereinafter referred to as a “Felony Event”). 

 In the event the Policy is applied, then the Board (or a
Board committee designated by the Board) may take any or all of the following actions with respect to an Executive: 
  

	 	(i)	for a Restatement Event, require the reimbursement and/or forfeiture of any bonus, incentive compensation, or equity-based compensation (collectively “Incentive Compensation”) paid to the Executive in excess
of what would have been paid absent the restatement; 

	 	(ii)	for a Material Detriment Event, with respect to any Executive whose actions triggered the Material Detriment Event, require the reimbursement and/or forfeiture of any Incentive Compensation vested or paid to such
Executive during a 12 month period, as determined by the Board, after the Executive first engaged in an act that related to the Material Detriment Event (as well as any profits realized, directly or indirectly, from the sale of Company securities
during such period); and 

  

	 	(iii)	for a Felony Event, with respect to the Executive who is terminated in connection with the Felony Event, require the reimbursement and/or forfeiture of any Incentive Compensation paid to such Executive during the 12
month period prior to the Executive’s termination (as well as any profits realized, directly or indirectly, from the sale of Company securities during such period). 

In determining whether to require reimbursement or forfeiture and, if so, the amount of such reimbursement or forfeiture, the Board (or Board
committee) shall take into account such factors as it deems appropriate, including (A) whether any bonus, incentive or equity compensation earned with respect to the period covered by the restatement was based on the achievement of specified
performance targets and, if so, whether any such compensation would have been reduced had the financial results been properly reported at the time such compensation was determined, (B) the extent and nature of the Executive’s involvement
in and accountability for (1) the Misconduct that directly or indirectly resulted in the need to prepare the restatement, or (2) the conduct that caused a material detriment to the Company’s financial results as filed with the SEC,
(C) the likelihood of success in seeking reimbursement or forfeiture under governing law relative to the effort involved, (D) whether the assertion of a reimbursement or forfeiture claim may prejudice the interests of the Company in any
related proceeding or investigation, or otherwise, (E) whether the expense of seeking reimbursement or forfeiture is likely to exceed the amount sought or likely to be recovered, (F) the passage of time since the occurrence of the act in
respect of the applicable conduct that triggers this Policy, (G) any pending or threatened legal proceeding relating to the applicable conduct that triggers this Policy, and any actual or anticipated resolution (including any settlement)
relating thereto, (H) the tax consequences to the affected Executive and (I) such other factors as it may deem appropriate under the circumstances. 

Before the Board (or Board committee) determines to seek recovery pursuant to this Policy, it shall provide to the applicable executive
officer written notice and the opportunity to be heard, at a meeting of the Board (or Board committee), which may be in-person or telephonic, as determined by the Board (or Board committee). 

Any determination of the Board (or Board committee) shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and the applicable Executives. The
determination of the Board (or Board committee) need not be uniform with respect to one or more Executives. 

  
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 To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company may enforce the recoupment of any or all
amounts determined to be recoverable under this Policy by withholding future payment of incentive compensation or salary, canceling outstanding stock-based awards (whether or not then vested) or the scheduled grant of future stock-based awards,
seeking reimbursement of previously paid incentive compensation, demanding direct cash payment, reducing compensation owed by the Company to the Executive, and/or such other means determined by the Board (or Board committee). The Company’s
right of recoupment under this Policy is in addition to any remedy available to the Company with respect to any Executive, including, but not limited to, disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment, the initiation of civil or
criminal proceedings, and any right to repayment under applicable law. 
 This Policy shall apply to bonus, incentive and equity
compensation awarded to each Executive (while such individual is an Executive) and to any profits realized from the sale of Company securities, from and after the date of adoption of this Policy by the Board. 

  
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