Gannett Launches Non-Fungible Tokens in Collaboration With American Artist Peter Tunney

Two One-of-a-Sort NFTs Created Utilizing USA TODAY NETWORK Belongings will likely be Auctioned to Profit The Sunny Middle and the Gannett Basis

MCLEAN, Va., November 22, 2021–(BUSINESS WIRE)–USA TODAY NETWORK, a part of Gannett Co. Inc. (NYSE: GCI), introduced it’s going to public sale Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) in collaboration with main American modern artist Peter Tunney, who created signature collages, titled “GRATTITUDE” and “LIBERTY” utilizing unique pages from Gannett-owned newspapers. The very best bidder of the “LIBERTY” NFT can even obtain the unique portray created completely for Gannett by Peter Tunney. The public sale will likely be hosted on OpenSea, the primary and largest market for NFTs. That is Gannett’s second NFT public sale following its inaugural First Newspaper Delivered to the Moon assortment which went to public sale in June.

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In partnership with Gannett, GRATTITUDE, a Peter Tunney unique 4’x6’ portray, will likely be minted into 500 restricted version NFTs, extra particulars at usatoday.com/nft (Graphic: Enterprise Wire)

Peter Tunney is a legendary artist who has lit up the world together with his colourful tales and distinctive life-style. Recognized for his modern combined media use, Peter Tunney’s work evokes well timed feelings of hope, gratitude, and inspiration. His items will be seen from the streets of New York Metropolis the place dozens of ubiquitous billboards have illuminated the skyline for over a decade to Miami’s Wynwood Partitions. In 2010, Peter opened the Peter Tunney Expertise gallery, turning into the primary tenant of the now famed colourful partitions that pay homage to graffiti and avenue artwork. His work is appreciated extensively all through the world and owned by folks from severe artwork collectors to well-known celebrities alike.

This collaboration between Gannett and Tunney celebrates the season of giving with proceeds equally benefiting The Sunny Middle to assist people who’ve suffered the injustice of wrongful conviction and the Gannett Basis which helps community-building initiatives throughout the nation.

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The Gannett and Peter Tunney NFT assortment consists of the next:

• “GRATTITUDE” NFT: The perspective of gratitude, a Peter Tunney unique 4’x6’ portray will likely be minted into 500 restricted version non-fungible tokens at $250 every. The accessible NFTs can have a novel identifier on the market till all limited-edition items are bought. A rendering of the unique art work can even be distributed throughout the USA TODAY NETWORK as a particular memento insert for readers as a vacation present.

• “LIBERTY” NFT and Authentic Paintings: An animated Non-Fungible Token of Peter Tunney’s unique 5’x6’ LIBERTY portray created completely with Gannett content material can have a beginning minimal bid of $50,00zero with the winner receiving each the distinctive NFT and the art work.

“We’re thrilled to be launching our second NFT assortment in partnership with the extremely gifted Peter Tunney whose works encourage and uplift — simply as Gannett seeks to do via storytelling and rising applied sciences,” stated Kris Barton, Chief Product Officer, Gannett | USA TODAY NETWORK. “We’re dedicated to bringing modern and numerous choices to our valued readers and audiences.”

“It is thrilling to see our newspapers come to life in such a novel option to help The Sunny Middle and the Gannett Basis via our use of know-how to create higher consciousness for our work and new methods to have interaction our audiences,” stated Maribel Perez Wadsworth, President of USA TODAY NETWORK and Writer of USA TODAY. “Leveraging a nationwide community of greater than 4,00zero journalists to pursue illuminating, impactful, related journalism — together with essential matters reminiscent of prison justice — is core to serving to the communities we serve to thrive. As we rejoice this vacation season, giving our readers the chance to expertise Peter’s work in a significant approach is a small token of our honest appreciation for his or her help.”

“I’m each ecstatic and honored to be collaborating with Gannett on this particular challenge to deliver consciousness to the pandemic of these struggling injustice and wrongful incarceration,” stated Peter Tunney. “The vacation season is a vital time for us to strengthen gratitude and valuing the freedom that those that are harmless have been denied.”

“The Sunny Middle Basis’s mission is to assist these impacted by the injustice of wrongful conviction by giving them a spot to heal,” stated Sunny Jacobs, Founder, The Sunny Middle. “We’re honored to be one of many recipients of the proceeds from Peter Tunney’s highly effective art work being transformed to an NFT. Utilizing know-how and the attain of the USA TODAY NETWORK to spotlight the significance of prison justice reform means a lot to us and we’re very grateful.”

The limited-edition “GRATTITUDE” minted NFTs will likely be obtainable on the market in the present day through OpenSea at usatoday.com/nft. The NFT public sale for “LIBERTY” begins on Monday, November 29 at 9 a.m. (ET) usatoday.com/nft via Wednesday, December 1 at eight p.m. (ET). Gannett will likely be offsetting the NFT carbon footprint with carbon credit. For extra particulars and the phrases and circumstances of the public sale go to usatoday.com/nft.

ABOUT GANNETT
Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is a subscription-led and digitally centered media and advertising options firm dedicated to empowering communities to thrive. With an unmatched attain on the nationwide and native stage, Gannett touches the lives of hundreds of thousands with our Pulitzer Prize-winning content material, client experiences and advantages, and advertiser services. Our present portfolio of media property consists of USA TODAY, native media organizations in 46 states within the U.S., and Newsquest, an entirely owned subsidiary working in the UK with greater than 120 native information media manufacturers. Gannett additionally owns the digital advertising providers corporations ReachLocal, Inc., UpCurve, Inc., and WordStream, Inc., that are marketed below the LOCALiQ model, and runs the biggest media-owned occasions enterprise within the U.S., USA TODAY NETWORK Ventures. To attach with us, go to www.gannett.com.

ABOUT USA TODAY
Based in 1982, USA TODAY displays the heart beat of the nation, serving as host of the American dialog by delivering high-quality, participating content material via distinctive visible storytelling throughout all platforms. A media innovator, USA TODAY reaches greater than 90M distinctive guests every month throughout digital platforms, with greater than 25 million downloads of our award-winning app. USA TODAY is owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI). To study extra go to: www.usatoday.com.

ABOUT THE GANNETT FOUNDATION
The Gannett Basis helps communities throughout the nation and invests in community-building initiatives that positively influence the neighborhoods we share. As well as, the Basis helps the event of range within the journalism area, invests in points essential to our staff, and gives alternatives and a nationwide platform for shoppers to lift concepts and neighborhood options to help providers for traditionally underserved teams. We’re one neighborhood with our shoppers, enterprise companions, and staff, constructing a greater tomorrow collectively. Be taught extra at https://gannettfoundation.org/.

ABOUT PETER TUNNEY
Peter Tunney is a professional drive of nature with boundless inventive vitality, spreading his optimistic messages in unconventional methods and delivering artworks to a worldwide collector base. He creates in virtually each medium: paint, collage, wooden, pictures, discovered objects, and discarded supplies. His nontraditional life, cache of extraordinary experiences, and numerous wild adventures function the foundations for his work. Tunney is way more than a visible artist and businessman. He believes in humankind and the great that outcomes from performing numerous small acts of kindness. Over time, Tunney has spent tireless human vitality and donated numerous artworks to deserving organizations. His essential philanthropic efforts are dedicated to prison justice reform, supporting wrongfully convicted people, and ending the stigma of psychological sickness. For extra info, go to: https://petertunneyart.com/.

ABOUT THE SUNNY CENTER
The Sunny Middle Basis is a non-profit group that helps individuals who have suffered the injustice of wrongful conviction, giving them help after they’ve been exonerated and launched from jail. The group was established by Sunny Jacobs and Peter Pringle, each of whom had been sentenced to demise for crimes they didn’t commit. Sunny was launched in 1992 after spending 17 years incarcerated in Florida, and Peter in Eire in 1995 after 15 years in jail. The muse makes use of a novel holistic strategy encompassing bodily, psychological and religious therapeutic and ongoing help at The Sunny Therapeutic Retreat Middle in Eire and the Sunny Residing Middle, a housing advanced in Tampa, Florida for exonerees. To study extra go to https://sunnycenter.org/.

ABOUT OPENSEA
Based in 2017, OpenSea is the world’s first and largest peer-to-peer market for crypto collectibles and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). OpenSea helps a number of blockchains, with the broadest set of classes for brand spanking new rising asset lessons, which embody digital collectibles, gaming gadgets, and different digital items. For extra info go to, https://opensea.io.

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