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Winding print down could take several years. But two knowledgeable sources, talking on background, said a move away from USA Today in print is part of the calculations for the new enterprise. Gannett remains committed to high-quality journalism for the communities we serve and our ongoing digital transformation, and we are pleased to have found a like-minded partner in New Media. We believe the combination of our two companies will transform the landscape in the print and digital news business and, following the close of the transaction, we look forward to delivering on the compelling benefits for audiences, customers, employees and shareholders.
Gannett and USA Today leaders have called a staff meeting for a. Thursday to dispute the findings of this article and answer questions. The text of that announcement is at the end of this story. Already set in motion are moves to try membership opportunities and marketing add-ons to boost revenue.
One Gannett editor, speaking on background, told me that new CEO Paul Bascobert streamed an all-hands meeting to regional papers on the day that his hiring and the deal agreement were simultaneously announced. Bascobert, while silent publicly, has been highly visible and proactive in internal meetings with Gannett execs and visits to the largest of its regional papers.
On the business side, the regional paper sites, which draw on USA Today for national content, are beginning to build the number of paid digital subscriptions. Those stand at ,, the company has said in its most recent earnings report, after a slow start. This spring at larger circulation regionals, Gannett quietly dropped a standalone section of USA Today news at its 35 largest papers. The effort, code-named Project Butterfly, had been been highly touted as a reinvestment in print when it began in That move by itself constitutes a significant print cutback, wiping away distribution of hundreds of thousands of copies.
The sections were simply too expensive, another editor told me, compared to the revenue they generated. Declining print circulation numbers paint a picture of why winding down the five-day-a-week print edition in an orderly way would be attractive to the merged company. In its latest audited circulation report earlier this year, USA Today reported individually paid circulation of , with another , of hotel distribution for which the hotel chains pay a substantially reduced rate.
That , is a long fall from the more than 2,, USA Today claimed in , when it was running neck-and-neck with the Wall Street Journal as tops in paid circulation. Also, if you thumb through increasingly thin editions, it is clear that most days USA Today in print carries little or no fully paid advertising.
Figures for the expense side are not available. But think about the probable cost of printing and distributing all over the country. USA Today can piggyback on plants at its regional papers in many places.
Elsewhere, however, it needs to contract for printing and delivery. State-by-state figures, part of the circulation report to the Alliance for Audited Media for the second quarter, show that the paper does indeed deliver on its promise to be available all over the country. In all 50 states readers can get a copy of USA Today in print. Totals range from a low of in Montana to more than 49, in California. One argument for staying in print, another editor told me, is its contribution to branding and supporting the influence of reporting and editorials on local affairs.
While USA Today is no doubt a well-established brand, the benefit for credibility with a national, rather than local, audience is less obvious — and may simply be too expensive.
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