USA Today
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The April 14, 2015 front page of USA Today. The blue circle of the logo has been turned into a dotted ring with a hat being tossed into it to signify Marco Rubio's announcement that he is running for President of the United States.
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
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| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Gannett Company |
| Founder(s) | Al Neuharth |
| President | John Zidich |
| Editor-in-chief | Patty Michalski |
| Founded | September 15, 1982 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, Virginia, 22108 (main) Geneva, Switzerland (international edition) |
| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 958,784 (daily print) 2,477,194 (daily print and digital) (as of March 31, 2015) |
| Sister newspapers | USA Today Sports Weekly |
| ISSN | 0734-7456 |
| Website | www |
USA Today is an internationally distributed American daily middle-market newspaper that serves as the flagship publication of its owner, the Gannett Company. Founded by Al Neuharth on September 15, 1982, it operates from Gannett's corporate headquarters on Jones Branch Drive in McLean, Virginia, United States. It is printed at 37 sites across the United States and at five additional sites internationally. Its dynamic design influenced the style of local, regional and national newspapers worldwide, through its use of concise reports, colorized images, informational graphics, and its inclusion of popular culture stories, among other distinct features.
With a weekly circulation of 1,021,638 and an approximate daily reach of seven million readers as of 2016[update],USA Today shares the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States with The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.USA Today is distributed in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, with an international edition distributed in Canada, Asia and the Pacific Islands, and Europe.
The development of USA Today commenced on February 29, 1980, when company staff employed for a task force known as "Project NN" met with Gannett Company chairman Al Neuharth in Cocoa Beach, Florida to develop a national newspaper. Early, regional prototypes included East Bay Today, an Oakland, California-based publication first published in the late 1970s to serve as the morning edition of the Oakland Tribune, an afternoon newspaper which Gannett owned at the time. On June 11, 1981, Gannett printed the first prototypes of the proposed publication; the copies, which displayed two proposed design layouts, were mailed to various newsmakers and prominent leaders in journalism for review and input. The Gannett Company's Board of Directors approved the launch of the national newspaper, which would be titled USA Today, on December 5, 1981; with the launch, Neuharth was appointed president and publisher of the newspaper, adding those responsibilities to his existing position as Gannett's chief executive officer.
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