Thursday, October 17, 2019

Report: USAToday Planning To End Print Edition

USA Today is starting to "phase out" its print edition for the first time in its 37 years, reports Fox News citing a Wednesday report.  The newspaper's publisher denied that hard copies of the paper would go away entirely.

"Two knowledgable sources" told the Poynter Institute that as part of a "major restructuring" within the company, a "move away" from the print edition is in USA Today's future as Gannett, which owns the paper, is being acquired by New Media Investment Group.

One editor told Poynter that in a lengthy "all-hands" meeting held by Gannett CEO Paul Bascobert with regional papers, there was not a "single mention of print." The report also mentioned that fully winding down the print edition could take years.

USA Today publisher Maribel Perez Wadsworth told Poynter that there are "no plans" to end the paper edition:





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