It was a perfectly good newspaper until Gannett (USA Today) bought it and screwed it up.
A good fianncial newsletter written by a conservative guy gave a call to short Gannett - betting it would go down. Their cash flow is drying up and they have huge debt. He made the call to short at about $16.50 to 17. I am not big on shorting, I usually might do it to hedge. The stock is down to $12.25 and the call generated a gain of about 38% in 3 months.
He said they will eventually be sold off for peanuts or will go bankrupt. Whenever I go into a hotel - I always tell them please no USA Today. The only people who read it are idiots who look at the pictures.
that and Kevin W. was promoted. it is said that after she left the RAG, she landed in Dallas and ruined that newspaper.