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USA Today officially began publishing on the 14th of September 1982 with a newsstand price of 25 cents. Initial distribution focused on the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas.
Al Neuharth convened a task force known as Project NN in Cocoa Beach, Florida on the 29th of February 1980 to conceive USA Before its official launch. Gannett printed the first prototypes on the 11th of June 1981 and mailed them to newsmakers for feedback before board approval on the 5th of December 1981.
Beginning with the 1984 United States presidential election USA Today did not endorse candidates for President or any other office until the board broke this policy on the 29th of September 2016. The newspaper endorsed Joe Biden in 2020 for the first time since its founding after previously condemning Donald Trump in an op-ed piece.
USA Weekend launched in 1953 as Family Weekly before Gannett purchased it in 1985. Gannett announced the end of USA Weekend after the 26th of the 28th of December 2014 edition citing operational costs and reduced advertising revenue.
Sales reached an estimated 362,879 copies by the end of that same year which was double what Gannett had projected for the initial rollout. By the fourth quarter of 1985 circulation hit 1.4 million copies daily.