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| USA Today | |
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| Basic facts | |
| Location: | McLean, Va. |
| Type: | News media |
| Top official: | John Zidich, President and Publisher |
| Founder(s): | Allen H. Neuharth, Gannett Inc. |
| Year founded: | 1982 |
| Website: | Official website |
Contents
- 1 Circulation
- 2 History
- 3 Editorial positions
- 4 Contact
- 5 See also
- 6 External links
- 7 Footnotes
USA Today is a daily newspaper published in McLean, Virginia. USA Today is one of several newspapers owned by the Gannet Company, Inc. The paper's mission is to "serve as a forum for better understanding and unity to help make the USA truly one nation."[1][2]
Circulation
As of September 2015, USA Today had a total daily circulation of 978,037 copies.[2]
History
Front page of USA Today
USA Today was first published on September 15, 1982, with the motto "The Nation's Newspaper." Allen H. Neuharth founded the news outlet while he was serving as chairman and chief executive officer of Gannett Inc.[1]
USA Today is published on a Monday through Friday basis, with no weekend editions.[1]
Editorial positions
Up until the 2012 presidential election, USA Today had a policy of not endorsing candidates in presidential elections.[3] In 2016, the paper broke with its traditional stance by coming out against the candidacy of Donald Trump (R). The paper's editorial board concluded, "This year, the choice isn’t between two capable major party nominees who happen to have significant ideological differences. This year, one of the candidates — Republican nominee Donald Trump — is, by unanimous consensus of the Editorial Board, unfit for the presidency." The board noted that their position was not a unanimous endorsem*nt of Clinton. Rather, the board suggested: " Our bottom-line advice for voters is this: Stay true to your convictions. That might mean a vote for Clinton, the most plausible alternative to keep Trump out of the White House. Or it might mean a third-party candidate. Or a write-in. Or a focus on down-ballot candidates who will serve the nation honestly, try to heal its divisions, and work to solve its problems."[4]
Contact
USA Today
7950 Jones Branch Drive,
McLean, Va. 22108
Phone: (703) 854-3400
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mondo Times, "USA Today," accessed March 11, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 USA Today, "About USA Today," accessed March 9, 2016
- ↑ The American Presidency Project, "2012 General Election Editorial Endorsem*nts by Major Newspapers," accessed March 11, 2016
- ↑ USA Today, "USA TODAY's Editorial Board: Trump is 'unfit for the presidency,'" September 30, 2016
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