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Article: USA TODAY Celebrates 25 Years as the Nation's Newspaper
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- U.S. Newswire
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- September 14, 2007
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Alexandra Nicholson, Manager-Communications of USA TODAY,
+1-703-854-5872, anicholson@usatoday.com
MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- USA TODAY, the
nation's newspaper, will celebrate its 25th anniversary on Sept. 15,
2007. To commemorate this milestone USA TODAY has issued a 25th
anniversary edition, including a two-page pullout highlighting the
history of USA TODAY. Founded in 1982 as the first national newspaper
it was the most expensive and closely watched newspaper debut in
history; 25 years later USA TODAY is the nation's top selling
newspaper.
In 1978 Al Neuharth was named chief executive officer of Gannett
Co. Inc.; Gannett owned 80 ...