---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-011437"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TDAY"
cik: "0001579684"
company_name: "USA TODAY Co., Inc."
filed_at: "2023-03-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T04:26:22.909313+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gannett dismisses EY as auditor, appoints Grant Thornton effective March 9

## Summary
- Audit committee dismissed Ernst & Young as independent public accounting firm; no adverse opinions or disagreements in prior reports.
- Grant Thornton appointed as new independent auditor effective March 9, 2023.
- No prior consultations with Grant Thornton on accounting or auditing matters during fiscal years 2021-2022.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-011437
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TDAY
- cik: 0001579684
- company_name: USA TODAY Co., Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123011437/0001140361-23-011437-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123011437/brhc10049705_8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-011437
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-011437.txt

## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  USA TODAY Co., Inc. engaged Grant Thornton LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: engagement
  - Auditor: Grant Thornton LLP
  source text: (b) Appointment of Grant Thornton LLP On March 9, 2023, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company approved the engagement of Grant Thornton LLP (“Grant Thornton”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123011437/0001140361-23-011437-index.htm
- Auditor Changes
  USA TODAY Co., Inc. dismissed Ernst & Young LLP as its auditor.
  - Action: dismissal
  - Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP
  source text: (a) Dismissal of Ernst & Young LLP On March 9, 2023, the Audit Committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board of Directors of Gannett Co., Inc. (the “Company”) dismissed Ernst & Young LLP (“Former Auditor”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm effective March 9, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123011437/0001140361-23-011437-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.