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USA Today Owner Inks 23K Deal

Gannett Co. is leasing a 23,000 square foot space at 1440 Broadway. The media holding company, which owns USA Today as well as several other daily newspapers and television stations across the country, will be using the space for a new online division a source said.
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Trenton Mayor: ‘Bitter’ Is Worse Than ‘White Americans,’ Clinton Is Key to Blocking Flight to McCain

Mayor Doug Palmer of Trenton, a loyal Hillary Clinton supporter, doesn’t think much of the dust-up over Clinton's comments about how exit polls in Indiana and North Carolina showed Barack Obama's "support among working, hardworking Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting Read More

Peter Johnson Leaves USA Today

Peter Johnson, the longtime TV and media reporter for USA Today, has taken a buyout, TV Newser is reporting today.

"Respected, adored and occasionally feared by TV execs for his sharp wit and 'knowledge of where every single body is buried,' Johnson will join his wife Tory Johnson, a contributor to Good Morning America Read More

USA Today Cuts Newsroom

USA Today will cut 45 members from its newsroom, editor Ken Paulson wrote in a memo. Mr. Paulson felt the whole thing was unfortunate.

It's unfortunate that we have to take these steps, particularly when our newspaper circulation is growing and USATODAY.com has been named the top news website in the country by the Online News Read More

Inhofe’s Friendly Welcome for Gore

In the buildup to Al Gore's big appearance before Congress tomorrow to testify on global warming, Observer contributor Rebecca Sinderbrand writes in with a interesting catch: Checking the homepage of Senate's Environment and Public Works Committee for the scheduling details of Gore's testimony, she noticed that all the "related items" links accompanying that information Read More

The Afternoon Wrap: Thursday

  • When the New York Historical Society took its (two) mighty renovation plans to the public last night, man-of-the-people Bill Moyers stood up to the NYHS. Representing his Central Park West posse, Mr. Moyers said he'll support the museum's plans only if there isn't a hi-rise condo involved. Uptown drama! [Curbed]
  • From Pittsburg [above] to Read More

Never Too Early

Recently on USA Today's blog about polls, Gallup Guru, Frank Newport offered this defense of 2008 opinion polls that are coming so soon after the 2006 elections .

"Sometimes people accuse us of jumping in too quickly with our horse race polls asking Americans whom they prefer for their party's nomination in 2008. But Read More

Voters Turn Away From Bush’s Error

As Connecticut Democrats went to their polling places to choose a Senate nominee, waves of rhetorical hysteria burst forth from the mouths of excitable conservatives. At stake in the primary was not only the fate of a single politician, they cried, but the very “soul of the Democratic Party” and perhaps even the fate of Read More


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