It’s free in every hotel.
Like CNN in an airport.
Ubiquitous yet irrelevant.
I noticed the same thing while traveling last week. I picked one up (free) from a stack at a hotel. It was about the size of a junk mail advertising circular.
Haven't read USAAToday in a long, long time.
Used to be 25 cents, then 35 cents for a long time. What is it now?
I’ll pick one up at a hotel every now and again.
The crossword puzzles are the only redeeming features. The rest is just plain stupid.
I call it the MacNewspaper.
The local rag used to be a full sized newspaper. In the last few years it has shrunk to half size in dimension, with more paper used in advertisements than actual news.
When I traveled for work, the first thing I would step on upon leaving my room in the morning was a fresh copy of USA Today. It was just there, like a doormat.
Propaganda outlets are subsidized. The parent company had over $3 billion in revenue last year, $1 billion in equity, and almost $7 million in net income.
I haven’t seen any recent numbers, but most USA Today “sales” used to be to hotel and motel chains who distributed them to the guests for free.
The object of USA Today has always been to get their propaganda in front of traveling businessmen.
I would call it “USA Yesterday.”
Now their reporters just spew their leftist bilge Fox News never-Trump panels.
-PJ
Our local newspaper has shrunk to very little over the years. It recently announced it was shrinking again due to rise in paper and ink costs. I hope it disappears some day.
Which makes me glad because it’s owned by the Cowles family, who are big Planned Parenthood supporters.
I like to compare USA Today to WSJ readers; like Playboy, the first group buys it for the pictures while the second group reads it for its articles.
It exists only because it’s given away ... like a weekly shopper or those Apartments In Your City slicks you see in every grocery store.
Another dead-tree dinosaur that’s on life support.
Many years ago, I dated a guy for 4 yrs, who is a USA Today reporter. He was Extremely liberal 30 yrs ago!
Donna E. Shalala was president of the Clinton Foundation. She previously served as president of the University of Miami, as Secretary of Health and Human Services for Bill Clinton, and as a member of the board of directors of Gannett, which owns USA TODAY.
I remember the buzz when it came out in ‘82 - a national newspaper, the unique TV set-looking newspaper box, the short articles, etc.
I used to read it back in the 80’s. It was pretty much non-biased news - short and to the point. If you wanted more info, you had to look elsewhere.
I haven’t read it in a long time. I’ll have to pick up and copy and see if it’s become as bad as other as saying.
The adult version of the Weekly Reader.
I buy newspapers for their intrinsic value like when I have a painting project and I have to mask off an area, or house training a puppy or for starting fires. Actually reading one? LOL no way.