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GANNETT CO. INC. $2.58 remains a hold. The company (New York symbol GCI; Conservative-Growth Portfolio, Consumer sector: Shares outstanding: 146.1 million; Market cap: $376.9 million; Price-to-sales ratio: 0.1; Dividend suspended in 2020; TSINetwork Rating: Speculative; www.gannett.com) merged with GateHouse Media, and its parent company New Media Investment Group Inc. (New York symbol NEWM), in November 2019. The new firm publishes daily newspapers in 45 states and the U.K. Those include its flagship newspaper, USAToday. The company continues to sell surplus real estate and other assets to pay down its debt. In January 2023, Gannett used the $21.3 million it received from those sales to repay $22.3 million of its loans. It also plans to raise a further $50 million to $60 million in 2023. However, these sales will have only a modest impact on its long-term debt, which totalled $1.11 billion as of September 30, 2022. That’s a high 2.9 times its depressed market cap. Rising interest rates also add to its risk. Gannett is a hold. STATE…