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| What criticism did USA Today get initially and y did this newspaper have the last laugh? |
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| IT was called "junk food journalism" Mcnugget. Tidbits served quickly but with little substance. "USA Today" sells more newspaper than most reg. companies |
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| WHat are some ways this publication is different than reg. newspaper? |
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| Uses more color a full weather page and national inscope. has shorter stories |
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| When was USA Today launched; who is its publisher. |
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| Sept. 15, 1982. Gannet Co. |
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| What niche did USA Today fill thatt was void; what tech. made this publication possible? |
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| Satelite tech. allowed the content to be beamed to 20 publishing spots across the nation for faster printing and distribution. |
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| WHy do u think USA today is so popular now? |
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| People need news faster. It has color and graphics. It meets needs for traveler. |
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| How did people get news in colonial times b4 newspaper? |
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| By travelers and letters on horseback |
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| Y did Benjamin Harris's "Publick Occurences both Foreign and Domestick" hav such a short run as a newspaper? |
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| He talked bad about the French King and he did not hav a license. |
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| Why do you suppose there were more and more newspapers in the colonies by 1750? |
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| there was talk in the colonies about the taxes, and movement towerd independence was growing. |
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| How did newspaper change by the middle of the 19th century and what name did they aquire? |
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| It wanted to publish news about current events and people. Penny Press. |
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