Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Gannett Media Corp. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$940M
Total assets Above avg plan size
1,593
Participants Near avg headcount
99th
Percentile by assets National rank
$589,851
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Gannett Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Gannett Media Corp. · New York · Information & Media

$940M in assets, 1,593 participants

Gannett Media Corp.'s Gannett Retirement Plan reported $940M in total assets and 1,593 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 99th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #2,740 in Information & Media (2,818 peers)

Where Gannett Retirement Plan sits by assets

Gannett Retirement Plan sits among the largest 1% of all filed plans, $940M for 1,593 participants (~$589,851/participant), up 0.9% in 2023.

#2,740
in Information & Media (2,818 peers)
+0.9%
assets growth YoY
9.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Gannett Retirement Plan's outsized position by total assets

Gannett Retirement Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$939,632,677 Top 1% higher than 99% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Gannett Retirement Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Gannett Retirement Plan lands in the large band (1,593 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Gannett Retirement Plan reported net income rose from -$926M in the plan year 2022 filing to $9M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Gannett Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 1,922 in the plan year 2022 filing to 1,593 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Gannett Retirement Plan end-of-year assets rose from $931M in the plan year 2022 filing to $940M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 472390983 · Gannett Media Corp. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Gannett Retirement Plan · $940M · 1,593 · 99th

  • BOOK $940M
  • VS-ST 1,593
  • BOY 99th
  • SCH Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • EBSA near Retirement Plan of Idaho Power Company
  • PART ind #2740

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in New York →

Gannett Retirement Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Children's Hospital Corporation Pension PlanChildren's Hospital Corporat…$946MPension Plan of General AtomicsPension Plan of General Atom…$945MElectrical Workers Local No. 26 Pension FundElectrical Workers Local No.…$942MGannett Retirement Plan$940MRetirement Plan of Idaho Power CompanyRetirement Plan of Idaho Pow…$938M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Gannett Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Scale-class filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$931M
Net Assets (End of Year)$939M
Net Income$9M
Employer EIN472390983
Plan Effective Date1949-12-31
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Gannett Media Corp.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Gannett Media Corp. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$2.4B 2.7868642602505265% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$2.35B$2.4B$2.45B$2.5B 202220232024 $2.38B $2.45B ▲ +2.9%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 15,542 $2.4B
2023 2 12,681 $2.5B
2024 3 11,320 $2.4B

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in New York

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Gannett Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -100102030 Total assets ($B) Participants Gannett Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.939632677 · Participants: 1593Gannett Retirement PlanIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 24.955758896 · Participants: 14881IBM Personal Pension PlanConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.184377155 · Participants: 10779Consolidated Edison Retirement Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.16620463 · Participants: 1075821199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 10.955262618 · Participants: 9616Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanPepsico Employees Retirement Plan I, Total assets ($B): 7.599669 · Participants: 12289Pepsico Employees Retirement Plan I
Gannett Retirement Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in New York, assets vs. participants
Compare Gannett Retirement Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Gannett Retirement Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside New York, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Retirement Plan of Idaho Power Company in ID ($938M); by covered participants it is Alaska United Food & Commercial Workers Pension Fund in OR (1,597 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($940M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,593 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Gannett Retirement Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Gannett Retirement Plan held essentially flat - up 0.9% during 2023, from $931M to $940M. Reported net income was $9M.
How have Gannett Media Corp. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Gannett Media Corp.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 2.8%, from $2.4B to $2.4B.
Where does Gannett Retirement Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Gannett Retirement Plan ranks in the 99th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the largest 1% of all filed plans).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Gannett Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Retirement Plan of Idaho Power Company in ID ($938M, 2,075 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Gannett Retirement Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Alaska United Food & Commercial Workers Pension Fund in OR (1,597 participants, $198M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 472390983.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.