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Newspaper Founded
Al Neuharth founded USA Today on September 15, 1982. -
First issue released!
USA TODAY releases thier very first issue of the newspaper. It cost 25 cents. -
Founder Retires.
Al Neuharth retires from Gannett at age 65. -
Popular!
USA TODAY finally begins to make some profit. It only survived this long because of huge interjections from the capitol. -
USA TODAY covers 9/11
USA TODAY covered the trajety that happened in our country on September 11th. -
USA TODAY gets Widest Circulation of any Newspaper in US
The newspaper vies with The Wall Street Journal for the position of having the widest circulation of any newspaper in the United States. -
Two top editors resign
Karen Jurgensen and Hal Ritter both resign. Also, Brian Gallagher, the newspaper's executive editor, told his colleagues at a meeting that he would stay in his current role long enough to make a transition to the next editor, but would not remain in that job for the long term. -
USA Today discloses flaws in call surveillance article
2 phone companies' alleged dealings with NSA were not verified. -
Online Nespaper
USA TODAY creates their first online newspaper. -
Buisness drop
USA TODAY expects the biggest sales drop since thier paper started 27 years prior. They had lost 17% of sales in just the past year. -
1.8 million!
USA TODAY sells 1.8 million copies! -
Staff cuts
USA TODAY makes 130 layoffs this fall. Newsroom is cut up into "content rings." -
2011 tweaks
USA TODAY changes its format of the paper by :
A larger logo at the top.
A new sans-serif font, called Prelo, for certain headlines of main stories.
Increasing and decreasing of mastheads and white space in order to present a cleaner style. -
USA TODAY rewrites strategy to cope with internet
USA TODAY expects a huge boost in circulation because they've gone online. -
USA TODAY posts small circulation gain.
The circulation rose more than it had in two years. Schools wanted digital copies for the students.
