USA Today (trademarked as USA TODAY in capitals) is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The paper had the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States since 2003 (averaging 2.3 million copies every weekday), but has now lost that position to the Wall Street Journal. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the paper has 1.9 million copies as of October 2009. USA To...
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USA Today (trademarked as USA TODAY in capitals) is a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company. It was founded by Al Neuharth. The paper had the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States since 2003 (averaging 2.3 million copies every weekday), but has now lost that position to the Wall Street Journal. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the paper has 1.9 million copies as of October 2009. USA Today is distributed in all fifty states, Canada, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. The newspaper has its headquarters in Tysons Corner, unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia.
USA Today was founded in 1982 with the goal of providing a national newspaper in the U.S. market, where generally only a single local newspaper and/or a metropolitan daily's state/regional edition was available. The first issue reported on the death of actress Grace Kelly. Colorful and bold, with many large diagrams, charts, and photographs, it contrasted...
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