Segment reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of segment reporting information, by segment

The following tables present our segment information:

	Three months ended September 30, 2020
In thousands	Publishing		Marketing Solutions		Corporate and other			Intersegment Eliminations			Consolidated
Advertising and marketing services - external sales	$	303,646	$	100,807	$	774		$	—		$	405,227
Advertising and marketing services - intersegment sales	25,862		—		—			(25,862		)	—
Circulation	336,152		—		6			—			336,158
Other	66,566		4,636		1,952			—			73,154
Total revenues	$	732,226	$	105,443	$	2,732		$	(25,862	)	$	814,539
Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP basis)	$	108,752	$	4,177	$	(24,949	)	$	—		$	87,980

	Three months ended September 29, 2019
In thousands	Publishing		Marketing Solutions			Corporate and other			Intersegment Eliminations			Consolidated
Advertising and marketing services - external sales	$	161,237	$	22,110		$	731		$	—		$	184,078
Advertising and marketing services - intersegment sales	17,254		—			—			(17,254		)	—
Circulation	146,254		—			—			—			146,254
Other	41,514		4,564			239			—			46,317
Total revenues	$	366,259	$	26,674		$	970		$	(17,254	)	$	376,649
Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP basis)	$	58,955	$	(1,697	)	$	(12,352	)	$	—		$	44,906

	Nine months ended September 30, 2020
In thousands	Publishing		Marketing Solutions		Corporate and other			Intersegment Eliminations			Consolidated
Advertising and marketing services - external sales	$	939,923	$	306,899	$	2,334		$	—		$	1,249,156
Advertising and marketing services - intersegment sales	85,472		—		—			(85,472		)	—
Circulation	1,053,518		—		10			—			1,053,528
Other	207,355		14,388		5,796			—			227,539
Total revenues	$	2,286,268	$	321,287	$	8,140		$	(85,472	)	$	2,530,223
Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP basis)	$	311,767	$	14,847	$	(61,548	)	$	—		$	265,066

	Nine months ended September 29, 2019
In thousands	Publishing		Marketing Solutions			Corporate and other			Intersegment Eliminations			Consolidated
Advertising and marketing services - external sales	$	513,944	$	66,658		$	1,718		$	—		$	582,320
Advertising and marketing services - intersegment sales	52,582		—			—			(52,582		)	—
Circulation	449,246		—			23			—			449,269
Other	123,003		13,248			796			—			137,047
Total revenues	$	1,138,775	$	79,906		$	2,537		$	(52,582	)	$	1,168,636
Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP basis)	$	155,887	$	(7,393	)	$	(23,441	)	$	—		$	125,053

The table below shows the reconciliation of Net loss attributable to Gannett to Adjusted EBITDA for the periods presented:

	Three months ended						Nine months ended
In thousands	September 30, 2020			September 29, 2019			September 30, 2020			September 29, 2019
Net loss attributable to Gannett	$	(31,260	)	$	(18,463	)	$	(548,305	)	$	(24,754	)
Income tax expense (benefit)	3,098			7,226			(22,200		)	4,929
Interest expense	58,063			10,030			173,890			30,376
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	476			—			1,650			—
Non-operating pension income	(18,334		)	(208		)	(54,433		)	(625		)
Gain on sale of investments	(7,800		)	—			(7,995		)	—
Other non-operating income, net	(2,575		)	(22		)	(6,993		)	(176		)
Depreciation and amortization	61,355			24,482			205,706			68,733
Integration and reorganization costs	13,417			3,136			73,978			13,213
Acquisition costs	1,913			12,181			10,261			15,318
Asset impairments	1,585			—			8,444			2,469
Goodwill and intangible impairments	—			—			393,446			—
Loss on sale or disposal of assets	795			602			1,540			3,339
Equity-based compensation expense	3,844			691			22,812			2,534
Other items	3,403			5,251			13,265			9,697
Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP basis)	$	87,980		$	44,906		$	265,066		$	125,053