Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Gannett Media Corp. Pension Plan
Data updated 2026-08-11
- $864M
- Total assets
- 1,128
- Participants
- 98th
- Percentile by assets
- $766,345
- Avg per participant
Official DOL plan name: Gannett Retirement Plan · Sponsored by Gannett Media Corp. · New York · Information & Media
$864M in assets, 1,128 participants
Gannett Media Corp.'s Gannett Retirement Plan reported $864M in total assets and 1,128 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.
- 98th percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- #2,734 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
Where Gannett Retirement Plan sits by assets
Gannett Retirement Plan sits in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets, $864M for 1,128 participants (~$766,345/participant), down 8.0% in 2024.
- $864M
- total plan assets (2024 EOY)
- 1,128
- covered participants
- 98th
- percentile by assets (of 123,622 plans)
- $766,345
- avg assets per participant
The plan reported a net loss of $64M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Gannett Retirement Plan reported net income fell from $9M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$64M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Gannett Retirement Plan reported participants fell from 1,593 in the plan year 2023 filing to 1,128 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Gannett Retirement Plan end-of-year assets fell from $940M in the plan year 2023 filing to $864M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Gannett Retirement Plan vs the 2024 asset distribution
By assets, Gannett Retirement Plan outranks 98% of the 123,622 plans that filed a Form 5500 for the 2024 plan year, and holds roughly 8.7x the national average plan size of $100M (721 average participants).
Scale-class filing particulars (2024)
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $940M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $864M |
| Net Income | -$64M |
| Employer EIN | 472390983 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1949-12-31 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Gannett Media Corp.)
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 15,542 | $2.4B |
| 2023 | 2 | 12,681 | $2.5B |
| 2024 | 3 | 11,320 | $2.4B |
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Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states closest to Gannett Retirement Plan by total assets, not by location.
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