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• Get Comprehensive Travel Assistance on Your iPhone

  BNET - 2009-10-15

  As I learned from Bruce Willis's character in the classic film Hudson Hawk, when you travel, you can never be too prepared. And to that end, you can fill your iPhone with a slew of single-purpose travel apps and URLs to access information via the Web, but why bother when...

  Tags: Apple iPhone, USA Today, USA Today AutoPilot, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dave Johnson

• Wall Street Journal now nation's No. 1 daily

  BNET - 2009-10-14

  NEW YORK - The Wall Street Journal has surpassed USA Today as the top-selling daily newspaper in the United States. The Audit Bureau of Circulations won't be releasing its latest figures until Oct. 26, but the Journal said Wednesday that it gained about 12,000 subscribers in the April-September period, compared...

  Tags: newspaper, Wall Street Journal, Newspaper, USA Today

• Non-radar air-traffic system debuts

  BNET - 2009-10-12

  In case you missed this story in today's USA TODAY by reporter Alan Levin: Airline flights are being closely tracked and directed without radar for the first time in the nation's history as part of a new system monitoring the skies above the Colorado Rockies.The program is a look ahead...

  Tags: story, reporter, flight, sensor, Radar, Sensis, USA Today

• Travel slump hurts USA Today's circulation

  BNET - 2009-10-09

  NEW YORK - USA Today is expecting to report a 17 percent decline in circulation. That would be its largest drop ever. While most large newspapers are struggling to keep print subscribers and newsstand sales, USA Today is also being slammed by the slump in travel. Many of the newspaper's...

  Tags: newspaper, USA Today

• 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

• USA TODAY Launches Travel Application For iPhone

  BNET - 2009-10-08

  USA TODAY Launches Travel Application For iPhone USA TODAY, the nation's top-selling newspaper and a leading choice for travelers, today announced the availability of USA TODAY AutoPilot, an iPhone Travel application on the Apple App Store.Since launching 27 years ago, USA TODAY has become a trusted and welcome brand to...

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• USA Today Tries To Book Time With Advertisers For Travel App

  PaidContent - 2009-10-07

  While USA Today has seen its hotel distribution cut in the past year, the Gannett (NYSE: GCI) newspaper is still betting that travelers will respond to the brand as an app. The newspaper has released AutoPilot, its second free app, today with exclusive sponsorship from Hampton Hotels. The hotel...

  Tags: USA Today, App, Advertiser, USAT App, Smart Phones, Branding, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Advertising, Media & Publishing, Newspapers, Mobile, Companies, Gannett, David Kaplan

• Ad Trade Reporters Frequently Take Jobs With the Sources They Cover

  BNET - 2009-08-26

  How close are reporters in the advertising trade press to the agencies they cover? Very close. That closeness was writ large -- again -- by the news this week that USA Today ad writer Theresa Howard has joined Crispin Porter + Bogusky as a copywriter. Before USA Today, Howard was...

  Tags: Job, Advertisement, USA Today, Jim Edwards

• BMW Pumps Diesel in a Big Way

  BNET - 2009-08-10

  NEW YORK For many Americans who came of age in the ‘70s, diesel is a dirty word, redolent of grimy exhaust fumes and percussive knocking in the engine block. While diesel-powered vehicles enjoyed a brief surge of popularity during the 1979 oil crisis, the soot and noise outweighed any savings...

  Tags: BMW AG

• USA Today Regrets its iPhone app is Free & is "Stunned" By its Growth

  BNET - 2009-06-12

  USA Today's publisher, David Hunke, is clearly aware of the emerging opportunity smart phones and e-readers present print publication companies like his. He's also willing to continue experimenting with paid content models online -- a far more daunting prospect. Hunke announced this week that, starting in August,...

  Tags: Apple iPhone, USA Today, Mobile, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Weir