February 2, 2010 (FinancialWire) — Gracia C. Martore has been named president and chief operating officer of Gannett Co, Inc. (NYSE: GCI). Martore, who was most recently Gannett’s executive vice president and chief financial officer, will continue to serve as CFO until a new CFO is appointed.

Martore joined Gannett in 1985 as assistant treasurer. She was named vice president/Treasury services in 1993. She was given responsibility for Investor Relations in 1996, became treasurer and vice president/Investor Relations in 1998 and was named a senior vice president in 2001. She became chief financial officer in 2003 and was named executive vice president in 2006.

Gannett is an international news and information company operating on multiple platforms including the Internet, mobile, newspapers, magazines and TV stations. Gannett publishes 84 daily U.S. newspapers, including USA TODAY, and more than 700 magazines and other non-dailies including USA WEEKEND. Gannett also operates 23 television stations in 19 U.S. markets. Gannett subsidiary Newsquest is the United Kingdom’s second largest regional newspaper company with 17 daily paid-for titles, more than 200 weekly newspapers, magazines and trade publications, and a network of Web sites.

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