USA Today

USA Today
Front page (February 2, 2017)
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Gannett
Founder(s)Al Neuharth
PublisherMaribel Perez Wadsworth
PresidentMaribel Perez Wadsworth[1]
Editor-in-chiefTerence Samuel[2]
FoundedSeptember 15, 1982 (1982-09-15)
Political alignmentLeft-leaning[3]
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters7950 Jones Branch Drive,
McLean, Virginia 22108
(main)
Geneva, Switzerland (international edition)
CountryUnited States
Circulation113,228 daily
142,212 digital-only (as of 2023)[4]
Sister newspapersUSA Today Sports Weekly
ISSN0734-7456
Websitewww.usatoday.com Edit this at Wikidata

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,[9] a digital-only subscriber base of 504,000 as of 2019,[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]

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  2. ^ "USA Today names NPR executive editor Terence Samuel as editor-in-chief".
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  4. ^ Gannett. "Form 10-K" (PDF). United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved February 29, 2024.
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  6. ^ "Tysons Corner CDP, Virginia". United States Census Bureau.
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  8. ^ García, Mario R. (September 9, 2012). "USA Today turns 30: Part 1". García Media. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  9. ^ "Top 25 US newspaper circulations in 2022: WSJ and NYT rank highest". Press Gazette. June 24, 2022. Retrieved June 28, 2022.
  10. ^ "Gannett 4Q print revenue declines but digital subscriptions spike". USA Today. February 20, 2019.
  11. ^ Desai, Shevon (March 30, 2018). ""Fake News," Lies and Propaganda: How to Sort Fact from Fiction". University of Michigan Library.
  12. ^ "Today's Trademark – USA Today". December 20, 2020. Retrieved September 29, 2023.