Gannett's beachhead is the USA Today newspaper network. The group, which also controls The Palm Beach Post in Florida or The Arizona Republic, was bought in November 2019 for about $ 1.2 billion by New Media Investment Group.

Newsrooms in this country, which is very attached to press and freedom of expression, lost some 30,000 journalists between 2008 and 2020 (from 114,000 to 85,000 people) According to a 2021 Pew Research Center study, there will be no disruption in some markets.