---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001140361-23-039285"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TDAY"
cik: "0001579684"
company_name: "USA TODAY Co., Inc."
filed_at: "2023-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-11T14:27:15.688102+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Gannett appoints Cindy Gallagher as CAO and PAO effective Aug 11, 2023

## Summary
- Cindy Gallagher, age 44, named Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, effective August 11, 2023.
- Gallagher served as SVP Finance and Controller since Jan 2023; prior roles include SVP Shared Services at Gannett.
- Douglas Horne remains CFO and Principal Financial Officer; will no longer serve as CAO/PAO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001140361-23-039285
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TDAY
- cik: 0001579684
- company_name: USA TODAY Co., Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123039285/0001140361-23-039285-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123039285/brhc20057284_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-039285
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001140361-23-039285.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Douglas E. Horne changed role as Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Accounting Officer at USA TODAY Co., Inc..
  - Action: ceased to serve as
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: In connection with Ms. Gallagher’s appointment, as of the Effective Date, Douglas E. Horne will continue in his role as Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer, and will no longer serve as the Company’s CAO and PAO.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123039285/0001140361-23-039285-index.htm
- Executive change
  Cindy Gallagher was appointed as Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Accounting Officer at USA TODAY Co., Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
  source text: On August 9, 2023, Gannett Co., Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Cindy Gallagher, age 44, as Controller and Chief Accounting Officer (“CAO”) and as its Principal Accounting Officer (“PAO”), effective August 11, 2023
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000114036123039285/0001140361-23-039285-index.htm

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