USA TODAYis a national American daily newspaper published by the Gannett Company.

USA TODAY is the most widely read newspaper in the United States. Every day more than 5 million people read USA TODAYto get their news. People love the fair, balanced and complete coverage that USA TODAY provides, in a concise and quick to read format. USA TODAY also has exclusive stories and the latest headlines. By subscribing, you will enjoy a great savings off of the newsstand price and experience the convenience of home or office delivery.

It was founded by Al Neuharth. The newspaper vies with the Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States, something it previously held since 2003. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the paper has 1.9 million copies as of October 2009[2] compared to the Wall Street Journal’s 2.1 million though this figure includes the WSJ’s 400,000 paid for, online subscribers. USA TODAYremains the widest circulated print newspaper in the United States. USA Today is distributed in all fifty states, Canada, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. The newspaper has its headquarters in Tysons Corner, unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia.

USA TODAYis published Monday through Friday with the exception of the following six holidays:Depending on where you live, you will receive USA TODAY by either carrier delivery (to your home or office in the morning) or via the US Postal Service. Although the majority of USA TODAYsubscriptions are delivered either by carrier or same-day mail, some extremely rural areas may be delivered by the US Postal Service on a delay. If you have questions about how your subscription will be delivered,

USA TODAY is known for synthesizing news down to easy-to-read-and-comprehend stories. In the main edition seen in the United States and some Canadian cities, each edition consists of four sections: News , Money, Sports, and Life. On Fridays, two Life sections are included: the regular Life for entertainment ,which features television, a DVD column, film reviews and trends, and a travel supplement called Destinations & Diversions . The international edition of the paper features News and Money and Sports and Life combined into two sections.

In many ways, USA TODAYis set up to break the typical newspaper layout. Some examples of that divergence from tradition include using the left-hand quarter of each section as reefers, sometimes using sentence-length blurbs to describe stories inside. It is also the only paper in the United States to utilize the Gulliver font, which is used for both headlines and stories.Being a national newspaper, USA TODAYcannot focus on the weather for any one city. Therefore, the entire back page of the News section is used for weather maps and temperature lists for the entire United States and many cities throughout the world, with data provided by Weather Channel meteorologists.

In the bottom left-hand corner of the weather page is a graphic called “Weather Focus,” which explains different meteorological phenomena. On Mondays, the Money section uses its back page to present an unusual graphic depicting the performance of various industry groups as a function of quarterly, monthly and weekly movements against the .

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