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                     U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 4

                    STATEMENT CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(f) of the Investment Company Act of 1940


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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Clark-Johnson            Susan
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   (Last)               (First)                 (Middle)

Gannett Co., Inc.                  7950 Jones Branch Drive
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                                    (Street)

McLean                               Virginia                    22107
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   (City)                           (State)                       (Zip)


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2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol

Gannett Co., Inc.   ("GCI")
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)


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4. Statement for Month/Year


December, 2001
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Year)
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6. Relationship of Reporting Person to Issuer
   (Check all applicable)

   [   ]   Director                             [   ]   10% Owner
   [ X ]   Officer (give title below)           [   ]   Other (specify below)


Senior Group President/Pacific Newspaper Group
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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing  (Check applicable line)

   [ X ] Form Filed by One Reporting Person

   [   ] Form Filed by More than One Reporting Person

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           Table I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of,
                             or Beneficially Owned
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                                                                                                5.             6.
                                                                 4.                              Amount of      Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Securities     ship
                                                                 Disposed of (D)                 Beneficially   Form:     7.
                                                                 (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             Owned at End   Direct    Nature of
                                      2.            3.           -----------------------------   of Month       (D) or    Indirect
1.                                    Transaction   Transaction                  (A)             (Instr. 3 & 4) Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security                     Date          Code             Amount      or     Price                   (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                            (mm/dd/yy)    (Instr. 8)                   (D)                            (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Common Stock                          12/05/01       M               7,800       A      $32.00   See Below      D
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Common Stock                          12/05/01       S               7,800       D      $70.00   16,132         D
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Common Stock                                                                                      1,052         I         (3)
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Common Stock                          To 11/30/01                                                 5,952.808     I         (1)
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Common Stock                          To 11/30/01                                                 2,397.378     I         (1)(3)
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Common Stock                          To 09/30/01                                                   681.5126    I         (2)
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Common Stock                          To 09/30/01                                                   786.4966    I         (2)(3)
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*    If the Form is filed by more than one  Reporting  Person,  see  Instruction
     5(b)(v)

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
owned directly or indirectly.


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FORM 4 (continued)

              Table II -- Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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                                                                                                          9.        10.
                                                                                                          Number    Owner-
                                                                                                          of        ship
                    2.                                                                                    Deriv-    of
                    Conver-                    5.                              7.                         ative     Deriv-   11.
                    sion                       Number of                       Title and Amount           Secur-    ative    Nature
                    or                         Derivative    6.                of Underlying     8.       ities     Secur-   of
                    Exer-                      Securities    Date              Securities        Price    Bene-     ity:     In-
                    cise     3.                Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of       ficially  Direct   direct
                    Price    Trans-   4.       or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-   Owned     (D) or   Bene-
1.                  of       action   Trans-   of (D)        (Month/Day/Year)            Amount  ative    at End    In-      ficial
Title of            Deriv-   Date     action   (Instr. 3,    ----------------            or      Secur-   of        direct   Owner-
Derivative          ative    (Month/  Code     4 and 5)      Date     Expira-            Number  ity      Month     (I)      ship
Security            Secur-   Day/     (Instr.  ------------  Exer-    tion               of      (Instr.  (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)          ity      Year)    8)        (A)   (D)    cisable  Date     Title     Shares  5)       4)        4)       4)
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Stock Option        $32.00   12/05/01 M               7,800  12/12/99 12/12/03 Common    7,800   0        0         D
                                                                               Stock
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Explanation of Responses:
(1)  Held by the trustee of the Company's Deferred Compensation Plan, The
Northern Trust Company.
(2)  Held by the trustee of the Company's 401(k) Plan, Boston Safe Deposit and
Trust Company.
(3)  Held by spouse and/or immediate family member of reporting person.
Beneficial ownership is disclaimed.


/s/Susan Clark-Johnson                                      01/04/02
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      **Signature of Reporting Person                             Date

**   Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
     Violations.

     See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space provided is insufficient. See Instruction 6 for procedure.

       Alternatively,   this  form  is  permitted  to  be  submitted  to  the
       Commission in electronic format at the option of the reporting person
       pursuant to Rule 101(b)(4) of Regulation S-T.


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