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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Gannett |
| Founder(s) | Al Neuharth |
| Publisher | Maribel Perez Wadsworth |
| President | Maribel Perez Wadsworth[1] |
| Editor-in-chief | Terence Samuel[2] |
| Founded | September 15, 1982 |
| Political alignment | Left-leaning[3] |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, Virginia 22108 (main) Geneva, Switzerland (international edition) |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 159,233 daily (as of 2022)[4] |
| Sister newspapers | USA Today Sports Weekly |
| ISSN | 0734-7456 |
| Website | {{URL|example.com|optional display text}} |
USA Today (often stylized in all caps[5]) is an American daily middle-market newspaper and news broadcasting company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, the newspaper operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters in Tysons, Virginia.[6] Its newspaper is printed at 37 sites across the United States and at five additional sites internationally. The paper's dynamic design influenced the style of local, regional, and national newspapers worldwide through its use of concise reports, colorized images, informational graphics, and inclusion of popular culture stories, among other distinct features.[7][8]
With an average print circulation of 159,233 as of 2022,[update][9] a digital-only subscriber base of 504,000 as of 2019,[update][10] and an approximate daily readership of 2.6 million,[5] USA Today has the fourth largest circulation of any newspaper in the United States. It has been shown to maintain a generally center-left audience, in regards to political persuasion.[11] USA Today is distributed in all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico, and an international edition is distributed in Asia, Canada, Europe, and the Pacific Islands.[12]
In popular culture[]
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USA Today Hill Valley edition, at WonderCon 2014
- A futuristic 2015 edition of USA Today (Hill Valley edition) is seen in the film Back to the Future Part II (1989). As a tribute to the movie, the newspaper ran a recreation of the front page, featuring the exact headlines portrayed in the movie (except for a piece mentioning a future state visit by "Queen Diana", the Princess having died in 1997), on October 22, 2015, when the protagonist Marty McFly (played by Michael J. Fox) travels to October 21, 2015, and reads the following day's edition of the paper.[13][14]
- A 1991 episode of The Simpsons ("Homer Defined") featured a parody of the paper ("U.S. of A. News"), whose lead story was "#2 is #1", in reference to pencils. Lisa criticizes the paper's blandness, but Homer retorts that "Hey, this is the only paper in America that's not afraid to tell the truth, that everything is just fine."[15]
- The 1990 film Total Recall features a parody "Mars Today" newspaper in the film's Mars setting.
See also[]
- USA Today Super Bowl Ad Meter
- Viewtron
- Category:USA Today journalists
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References[]
- ↑ "About USA Today". USA Today. Gannett. Archived from the original on April 28, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- ↑ "USA Today names NPR executive editor Terence Samuel as editor-in-chief".
- ↑ "New Sources on the Political Spectrum". University of Michigan Library.
- ↑ Gannett. "Form 10-K". Securities & Exchange Commission. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "About USA Today (We are at the center of it all)". USA Today. Archived from the original on April 28, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- ↑ "Tysons Corner CDP, Virginia". United States Census Bureau.
- ↑ "Press Room: Press Kit". USA Today. Gannett. Archived from the original on April 28, 2020. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
- ↑ García, Mario R. (September 9, 2012). "USA Today turns 30: Part 1". García Media. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
- ↑ "Top 25 US newspaper circulations in 2022: WSJ and NYT rank highest". Press Gazette. June 24, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
- ↑ "Gannett 4Q print revenue declines but digital subscriptions spike". USA Today. February 20, 2019.
- ↑ Desai, Shevon (March 30, 2018). ""Fake News," Lies and Propaganda: How to Sort Fact from Fiction". University of Michigan Library.
- ↑ "Today's Trademark – USA Today". December 20, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
- ↑ Deutsch, Lindsay (October 22, 2015). "Fans race to get 'Back to the Future' paper". USA Today. Gannett.
- ↑ Epstein, Adam (October 21, 2015). "This is the cover of USA Today for "Back to the Future" day". Quartz.
- ↑ "1 brush with fame for USA Today". USA Today. February 7, 2003.
Further reading[]
- Smith, Ernie (September 28, 2022). "Way back in 1989, USA Today launched an online sports service. I found it at Goodwill". Nieman Lab.
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