USA Today

USA Today is a U.S.-based general-interest news product distributed digitally and with a printed edition published and distributed Mondays through Fridays from 37 sites across the United States. It is owned by Gannett Co. Inc. and is based in McLean, VA. USA Today is also part of a cooperative news operation, the USA Today Network, which utilizes newsgathering and [Page 1684]production resources from more than 300 of Gannett’s local news operations across the United States and in Guam. Since 1984, USA Today has also published an international edition tailored to American travelers, available in Asia, Europe, and Canada.

Launched in 1982 as a newspaper with a national audience, the circulation for USA Today’s print product reached 2.28 million in 2000, making it the largest circulation newspaper ...