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Gannett executive defends company’s decision to end presidential endorsements

‘We have intentionally returned to our roots as a facts-forward, down-the-center survey of our nation’

October 31, 2024

Former USA Today editor rips Gannett’s retreat from presidential endorsements

It's a distinct change for the worse from the ’80s, ’90s and early 2000s, Ken Paulson argued, when Gannett let editors make those decisions

October 31, 2024

Opinion | A USA Today columnist asked a fair question. The WNBA Players Association responded with an out-of-line statement.

The WNBA Players Association is trying to protect its players. But in this case, they chose the wrong target and the wrong message.

September 30, 2024

Opinion | The media jumps all in on another Caitlin Clark controversy

WNBA sensation Caitlin Clark was left off the US Olympic basketball team, and the columns, commentary and opinions are flying

June 11, 2024

Gannett is experiencing a mass exodus among top execs. Here’s who has left.

Since December, eight top-ranking editors and executives at Gannett and flagship paper USA Today have left.

May 11, 2023

Happy 40th birthday, USA Today

USA Today ‘was created to be unapologetically different, intentionally accessible in its mission to serve everyday Americans,’ its publisher said.

September 15, 2022

Where there’s one fabricated story, there are almost always more

USA Today announced Thursday that it took down 23 stories in which a breaking news writer fabricated sources or other information.

June 16, 2022

Opinion | Mea culpa: The print edition of USA Today is still very much alive

I predicted in 2019 that USA Today’s print edition would fold in two years. That hasn’t happened.

May 23, 2022

Gannett gets revenue and paid digital subscriptions moving in the right direction

The nation’s largest newspaper publisher now has 1.75 million digital subscribers across its 250-plus regional dailies and USA Today.

May 5, 2022

At Gannett, digital subscriptions are up and debt is down

America’s largest newspaper company grew digital subscriptions 46% from a year ago and reduced $91 million in debt.

November 5, 2021

The biggest US papers lost 20% of their daily print circulation during the pandemic, British media site finds

National papers had the deepest declines. USA Today, with its hotel-heavy distribution, did worst of all.

August 31, 2021

IFCN launches working group to address harassment against fact-checkers

A core group of 11 representatives from the fact-checking community teams up to support IFCN in addressing the increasing volume of harassment cases.

July 13, 2021

No longer a holdout for free, USA Today launches a paywall and digital-only subscription plan

Gannett’s flagship national paper quietly started to put some of its premium stories behind a paywall. A subscription costs $4.99 a month.

April 27, 2021

Will Trump’s example change how politicians handle the truth?

This is the December 17, 2020 edition of Factually

December 17, 2020

Susan Benkelman

This project is telling stories about the South, from the South

What stories do you expect to read about the South? Those are likely not the…

February 12, 2020

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