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  • Wall Street Journal passes USA Today as No. 1 paper (Gannett-owned publication struggling)

    10/15/2009 1:01:52 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 28 replies · 766+ views
    Breitbart ^ | 10/15/2009 | Andrew Vanacore
    <p>NEW YORK (AP) - The Wall Street Journal has surpassed USA Today as the top-selling daily newspaper in the United States.</p> <p>The Audit Bureau of Circulations won't be releasing its latest figures until Oct. 26, but the Journal said Wednesday that it gained about 12,000 subscribers in the April-September period, compared with a year earlier. That puts its average Monday-Friday circulation at 2.02 million.</p>
  • USA Today to post 17 percent drop in circulation

    10/09/2009 6:04:36 PM PDT · by BradtotheBone · 21 replies · 1,022+ views
    Associated Press ^ | October 9, 2009
    NEW YORK (AP) - USA Today is expecting to report a 17 percent decline in circulation. That would be its largest drop ever. While most large newspapers are struggling to keep print subscribers and newsstand sales, USA Today is also being slammed by the slump in travel. Many of the newspaper's sales come in hotels and airports. USA Today's publisher, David Hunke (pronounced HUNK'-ee), told staff about the circulation plunge in a memo Friday. From April through September, the average daily circulation at the Gannett Co.-owned newspaper was 1.88 million. That amounted to 398,000 fewer copies than in the same...
  • 'USA Today' Will Show 17% Circulation Decline in Next Report (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)

    10/09/2009 1:02:09 PM PDT · by abb · 26 replies · 1,220+ views
    Editor & Publisher ^ | October 9, 2009 | Jennifer Saba
    When the Audit Bureau of Circulations releases the latest numbers on Oct. 26, it will show that USA Today's circulation fell 17% to 1.88 million for the six months ending September 2009, a drop of about 390,000 copies. The decline could also threaten USA Today’s position as the No. 1 newspaper in the country by circulation. To put that in perspective, the reduction of copies represents roughly the entire daily circulation of The Arizona Republic the 10th largest paper in the U.S. as of spring. The loss was an expected one at the Nation's Newspaper, which implemented a price increase...
  • OPERATION Can You Hear Us Now - Targets Big Media!!! Save the date - 10/17/09

    09/15/2009 7:18:27 AM PDT · by Ibleedred · 94 replies · 6,284+ views
    Website - OperationCanYouHearUsNow.com ^ | September 15th, 2009 | Webmaster
    Obviously, the "main stream" media are hard of hearing and seeing. About 2 million mad-as-hell taxpayers assembling in Washington, D.C. for the largest-ever (most well-behaved ever, most respectful ever) protest did not make it onto their radar screens (or our TV screens). They need our help. Maybe we cannot repeat an assembly of 2 million mad-as-hell taxpaying patriots in one place, but surely those who longed to go and couldn't would love to be a part of Operation "Can You Hear Us Now?" I'll bet for every one patriot who went to D.C. there are 10-20 more who wished they...
  • Boycott the USA Today Newspaper

    09/14/2009 7:08:12 AM PDT · by ncfool · 56 replies · 1,662+ views
    USA TODAY NEWSPAPER | September 14, 2009 | self
    Sitting here in my DC hotel room this morning and received the Hotel's USA Today newspaper and took a look through the front page section. Guess What! The USA Today didn't even have any story on the Washington Tea Party. Can you imagine that! No story. The Newspaper media is wondering why their readership is declining its obivious that they are the Obama Media department and they work for the Democratic party. Can you imagine that 1,500,000 people attended a rally in DC to wake up the politicians and they USA Today doesn't cover it. I guess we have the...
  • USA Today fact-checks Obama’s town-hall assertions (and finds several whoppers)

    08/12/2009 12:25:20 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 98 replies · 6,135+ views
    Hotair ^ | 8/12/2009 | Ed Morrissey
    They’re not terribly enthusiastic about it, but USA Today corrects the record — in a sidebar — on a number of assertions made by Barack Obama yesterday at his Portsmouth, NH forum. They leave out the biggest whopper, which is Obama’s claim that he has never favored single-payer health-care systems, but they do catch a couple of other big fibs, including Obama’s snow job on AARP endorsement. One of the best catches from USA Today concerns Medicare Advantage, about which Obama has lied for over two years: “Insurance companies basically get $177 billion of taxpayer money to provide services that...
  • 'Un-American' attacks can't derail health care debate By Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer

    08/10/2009 3:12:46 AM PDT · by RaceBannon · 212 replies · 10,548+ views
    USA Today | 08/10/2009 | By Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer
    Unable to post thread due to copyright go to link http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/08/unamerican-attacks-cant-derail-health-care-debate-.html#more
  • USA Today pushes socialism, Pelosi spin

    08/10/2009 5:28:22 AM PDT · by bmweezer · 10 replies · 726+ views
    The GOPNation.com ^ | August 10, 2009 | The GOPNation.com
    <p>USA Today takes the cake for allowing the publication of the following editorial in its pages this morning by Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer. Comments after.</p>
  • Gannett Posts Profit Despite Continued Slide in Advertising (I'm not dead yet!)

    07/15/2009 5:13:39 PM PDT · by Erik Latranyi · 6 replies · 247+ views
    The Washington Post ^ | 15 July 2009 | Frank Ahrens
    McLean-based Gannett -- the nation's largest publisher of newspapers, including USA Today -- today said it posted a $70.5 million profit in the second quarter, compared to a loss last year, despite a continue slide in advertising revenue. The results were better than analysts had expected and sent Gannett stock soaring; it closed up 29 percent to $4.50 per share today. The profit came from cost-cutting, not growth. And the company predicted that revenues would continue to dip in its broadcast unit next quarter.
  • Gannett to cut 1,400 jobs in new round of cuts (Yay!)

    07/01/2009 1:54:55 PM PDT · by My Favorite Headache · 36 replies · 1,872+ views
    AP ^ | 7-01-2009
    Gannett to cut 1,400 jobs in new round of cuts NEW YORK – Newspaper publisher Gannett Co. plans to cut 1,400 jobs in the next few weeks, about 3 percent of the work force, as it faces a prolonged slump in advertising revenue. The majority of layoffs will come by July 9, he said. The move follows a 10 percent cut at Gannett last year, which left the company with about 41,500 employees. Gannett publishes USA Today, the largest newspaper by circulation in the U.S., along with dozens of other newspapers
  • <i>USA Today</i> Gets Homeschool Story Wrong

    06/16/2009 2:16:02 PM PDT · by Sopater · 14 replies · 1,700+ views
    On May 28, 2009 USA Today published a story based on a report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which is part of the Federal Department of Education, titled “The Condition of Education 2009.” The headline of the USA Today story was “Profound shift in kind of families who are homeschooling their children.” A few days later the title was changed to “More higher-income families are homeschooling their children.” Regrettably, among other problems with the article, USA Today made one blatant error and one very misleading claim. The blatant error is USA Today’s statement that homeschoolers are increasingly...
  • Gannett 1Q profit tumbles as ad declines deepen

    04/16/2009 8:24:10 AM PDT · by george76 · 19 replies · 705+ views
    AP ^ | April 16, 2009
    Gannett Co., the largest newspaper publisher in the U.S., reported a 60 percent decline in first-quarter profit Thursday and said the decline in its advertising revenue is accelerating. Gannett, which publishes USA Today ... ad revenue shrunk by 33.5 percent. USA Today's total number of paid ad pages in the quarter fell to 527, from 826 a year ago.
  • Marriott makes newspapers optional for guests

    04/14/2009 5:19:57 AM PDT · by prismsinc · 25 replies · 991+ views
    Yahoo news ^ | Robert MacMillan and Deepa Seetharaman
    NEW YORK (Reuters) – Many U.S. hotel chains like to offer USA Today, The Wall Street Journal or their local newspaper as a courtesy to guests. Marriott International Inc will offer a different courtesy: no paper at all. Marriott said on Monday that it will stop dropping daily papers automatically at its guests' doors. Now, it will offer them a choice of papers or, if they want, no paper at all. Based on preliminary data, Marriott projects that this will reduce newspaper distribution by about 50,000 copies daily, or 18 million annually. Beginning June 1, guests at the company's full-service...
  • USA Today Publisher Craig Moon To Retire April 17

    04/01/2009 12:08:01 AM PDT · by Jet Jaguar · 10 replies · 753+ views
    WSJ ^ | March 31, 2009 | Kathy Shwiff
    Craig Moon, president and publisher of USA Today, said he plans to retire April 17 after more than 23 years at Gannett Co. (GCI). No replacement has been named. Moon also supervises USA Weekend, the Detroit Media Partnership, Gannett Offset and the Military Times operation. Gannett owns 85 U.S. newspapers, more than 850 magazines and nondailies, and 23 television stations. USA Today, started in 1982, is the nation's largest circulation daily. Like other media companies, Gannett has been suffering from sharp drops in advertising and readers moving to the Internet for ads, news and entertainment. At a recent conference with...
  • USA Today is Broke - Furlough for Workers

    01/15/2009 8:54:40 AM PST · by OregonRancher · 14 replies · 740+ views
    NYT ^ | January 14, 2009 | RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
    The Gannett Company, the nation’s largest newspaper publisher, said on Wednesday that it would force thousands of its employees to take a week off without pay in an effort to avoid layoffs. Gannett, which owns 85 daily newspapers across the United States including its flagship USA Today, said it could not say exactly how many people would be required to take time off, or how much money the company would save. But it said it would require unpaid leave for most of its 31,000 employees in this country. Also on Wednesday, USA Today notified its staff of a one-year pay...
  • Gannett Furlough: Don't Let Feds Catch You Working!

    01/15/2009 3:34:39 AM PST · by governsleastgovernsbest · 24 replies · 1,017+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    The news that the Gannett Company--the nation’s largest newspaper publisher, flagship USA Today--is forcing thousands of its employees to take unpaid leave is the latest, shocking, evidence of the ill health of the old media. But for present purposes, let's focus on this odd nugget: Gannett has informed its employees that pursuant to federal and state law, they [emphasis added]: must not work while on an unpaid leave. That includes reading or responding to e-mails, calling or responding to calls from colleagues and being on site at your location at any time during your furlough days. Can't you just imagine...
  • Gannett to Furlough Workers for Week (USA Today) Dinosauer Media Watch

    01/14/2009 2:13:02 PM PST · by xtinct · 8 replies · 448+ views
    NYT ^ | 1/14/09 | RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA
    The Gannett Company, the nation’s largest newspaper publisher, said on Wednesday that it would force thousands of its employees to take a week off without pay in an effort to avoid layoffs. Gannett, which owns 85 daily newspapers across the United States including its flagship USA Today, said it could not say exactly how many people would be required to take time off, or how much money the company would save. But it said it would require unpaid leave for most of its 31,000 employees. “Most of our U.S. employees — including myself and all other top executives — will...
  • Gannett furloughs employees for a week (Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™)

    01/14/2009 10:30:19 AM PST · by abb · 34 replies · 1,122+ views
    Reuters ^ | January 14, 2009 | Robert MacMillan
    Gannett Co Inc (GCI.N), the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, will make workers take a week off without pay because of what it called some of the most difficult economic conditions it has ever experienced. "This means that most of our U.S. employees -- including myself and all other top executives -- will be furloughed for the equivalent of one week in the first quarter," Chief Executive Craig Dubow wrote in a memo to employees on Wednesday. Gannett, which publishes USA Today, the largest U.S. newspaper by circulation, is instituting the furlough after cutting thousands of employees from its payroll to...
  • USA Today plans $5 Obama paper

    01/09/2009 10:14:27 PM PST · by melt · 65 replies · 1,434+ views
    bizjournals.com ^ | 1/9/09 | bizjournals.com
    USA Today, which recently raised its newsstand price from 75 cents to $1, will print a special Obama edition it will sell on newsstands for nearly five times that. The newspaper says it has published a special issue titled “Obama: The Historic Journey” which will be available on newsstands Jan. 8 and will cost $4.95. It includes biographies of both Barack and Michelle Obama and Joe and Jill Biden, excerpts from several key Obama speeches, inaugural stage and parade maps and features on everything from presidential children to First Lady dresses. The $4.95 paper will also contain advertisements, but USA...
  • USA Today Introduces 'The Oval';Governing Magazine;Radiotime!

    01/08/2009 8:01:32 AM PST · by an amused spectator · 2 replies · 345+ views
    The Interweb | January 7, 2009 | aas
    USA Today has a new feature called "The Oval". Apparently, The One has need of his own little shrine on the USA Today website of the US Department of Press Editorials (DOPE) The "journalists" involved are Mark Memmott, USA TODAY reporter and editor who will be head cheerleader at The Oval, USA TODAY White House lackeys Mimi Hall, David Jackson, Rich Wolf, and uber-propagandist Washington bureau chief Susan Page will be fluffing. ========================== In other news, I've discovered an interesting "other" website:Governing Magazine It appears to be devoted to news on how to keep us unruly peasants in line, and...