Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Gannett Media Corp. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$864M
Total assets Above avg plan size
1,128
Participants Near avg headcount
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$766,345
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

$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.

  • #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.

#2,734
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
-8.0%
assets change YoY
8.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

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.

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 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$864,437,674 Top 2% higher than 98% of 123,620 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 2024

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

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Gannett Retirement Plan lands in the large band (1,128 participants).

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.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 472390983 · Gannett Media Corp. PY 2024 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Gannett Retirement Plan · $864M · 1,128 · 98th

  • 5500 $864M
  • ASSETS 1,128
  • PCT 98th
  • EIN Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • RANK near Modern Woodmen of America Employees' Retirement Plan
  • PHOTO ind #2734

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

Pension Plan for Pactiv EvergreenPension Plan for Pactiv Ever…$866MEmployees' Retirement Plan of Bose CorporationEmployees' Retirement Plan o…$866MState Street Retirement Plan$866MModern Woodmen of America Employees' Retirement PlanModern Woodmen of America Em…$865MGannett Retirement Plan$864M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Gannett Retirement Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Scale-class filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$940M
Net Assets (End of Year)$864M
Net Income-$64M
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 05101520 Total assets ($B) Participants Gannett Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.864437674 · Participants: 1128Gannett Retirement PlanIBM Personal Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.919858993 · Participants: 48014IBM Personal Pension Plan1199seiu Health Care Employees Pension Fund, Total assets ($B): 16.913316696 · Participants: 1118331199seiu Health Care Employees Pension FundConsolidated Edison Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 15.588456377 · Participants: 10608Consolidated Edison Retirement PlanPfizer Consolidated Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.970337119 · Participants: 8876Pfizer Consolidated Pension PlanGE Energy Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.92290143 · Participants: 5829GE Energy Pension Plan
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 Modern Woodmen of America Employees' Retirement Plan in IL ($865M); by covered participants it is Northshore University Healthsystem Pension Plan in IL (1,128 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($864M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (1,128 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. 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 2024? ▼
Gannett Retirement Plan pulled back noticeably - down 8.0% during 2024, from $940M to $864M. Reported net income was -$64M.
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 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
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 Modern Woodmen of America Employees' Retirement Plan in IL ($865M, 1,030 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 Northshore University Healthsystem Pension Plan in IL (1,128 participants, N/A in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

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.