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• USA Today Expects Largest Circ Decline In Its History;  'Number One' Daily Position In Jeopardy

  PaidContent - 2009-10-09

  USA Today is warning that it expects its circulation to drop 17 percent, the largest fall-off in its 27-year history. Citing a staff memo from USAT Publisher David Hunke, E&P reported that the average circulation at the Gannett (NYSE: GCI) Co.-owned weekday-only daily was 1.88 million from April through...

  Tags: USA Today, Loss, Gannett Co. Inc., Internet, Financial Accounting, Finance, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Companies, Gannett, David Kaplan

• NY Times, USA Today & SF Gate Gain in "TOS"

  BNET - 2008-12-30

  As we've often noted here, one of the most important metrics for a media site's importance is time-on-site TOS. As a stand-alone metric, it is not particularly significant, but if it's allowing a company to monetize content, either through ad page views, a free registration + demographics upsell, or a...

  Tags: USA Today, New York Times Co., Newspaper Website, Web Site Development, Internet, David Weir

• Report cards on the board

  - 2008-06-30

  Today at Game On! NBA draft fallout The smoke has cleared, the fashion show is done, Derrick Rose is back home in Chicago, and ESPN has already moved on to the 2009 NBA draft (ESPN.com, search: Chad Ford). ...

  Tags: Blogging, board, ESPN, Games, INTERNET, NBA, USA Today

• Graphical Display of Airline Cuts

  BNET - 2008-06-09

  I saw this fascinating graphic over on USA Today's website last week and had to post it here. Below, you'll see a color-coded map showing the year-over-year change in number of airline seats by state. This is using projected October 2008 schedules versus October 2007, so it's likely this will...

  Tags: USA Today, State, Corporate Governance, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Internet, Brett Snyder

• All the key players are getting scrutinized

  - 2008-05-15

  Web watch Sorry chapter for 'Spygate' "Spygate" has everyone in agreement on one thing: There are a bunch of upset people pointing fingers. Targets include the New England Patriots, the Boston Herald and U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa....

  Tags: Boston Herald, INTERNET, USA Today

• Voters not buying Manny's campaign pitch

  - 2008-05-14

  Out in left field Manny's gold, as in glove When Manny Ramirez talks, people listen -- especially this season when the quotable Boston Red Sox slugger has let more than his bat do his talking. Manny, in keeping...

  Tags: Blogging, Boston Herald, Boston Red Sox, Games, INTERNET, USA Today

• So, how do you really feel about the question?

  - 2008-05-07

  Best of our blogs If you could do it over again To quote Mr. Garrison from the TV show South Park, "There are no stupid questions, only stupid people." San Antonio Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich possesses one...

  Tags: blog, Blogging, INTERNET, MARKETING, NBA, radio, USA Today

• Ref puts former life out in open

  - 2008-04-21

  Game On! blog Q&A with an undercover referee Bob Delaney is a referee working the NBA playoffs (he worked the Washington Wizards-Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday). But in 1975 he was a New Jersey state trooper infiltrating organized crime under the name Bobby...

  Tags: Blogging, Games, INTERNET, NBA, USA Today

• Marlee is a busy bee

  - 2008-04-14

  Dancing With the Stars' Marlee Matlin is quite a multi-tasker, she reveals in her USA TODAY blog. The actress has been training for the show (tonight, ABC, 8 ET/PT), but she also makes time for being a mom. An excerpt: "As I'm writing this, our four...

  Tags: ABC Inc., Blogging, INTERNET, photograph, USA Today

• Marlee on 'Dancing'

  - 2008-04-08

  Actress Marlee Matlin is holding her own on ABC's Dancing With the Stars (results tonight, 9 ET/PT) -- and now she's blogging about it on USA TODAY's website. Here's a sample: "So, how's it going for me? Well, let me tell you that with 5 to...

  Tags: ABC Inc., Blogging, husband, INTERNET, USA Today