USA Today: Innovation in an Evolving Industry* Case Analysis Introduction: USA Today has been an innovative way for customers to receive news on a daily basis since 1982. Their innovation lies within the format of their bright‚ colorful and eye-catching paper‚ as well as in their shorter pieces that help to enlighten consumers without over powering them. Owned by Gannett Co. Inc.‚ a diversified international news‚ information and communications company‚ USA Today has every possibility of furthering
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USA Today - Pursuing the Network Strategy By January 2000‚ USA Today (USAT) was the highest circulated newspaper in the United States (J. Roberts‚ Tushman‚ 2005). Even though the company has had positive operating profits for the last years and indications on an increase in 2000‚ Tom Curley‚ USAT’s CEO‚ was concerned about a couple of trends affecting USAT. In January 2000 Curley presented a vision of a “networked” USAT to his senior staff. In his speak he tried to imply that the industry is about
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USA Today has been a widely successful company. When newspapers were the only form of read news‚ USA Today cornered the market in the national newspaper arena. As the digital age came about‚ it was time for change. New companies were emerging as leaders in the online news arena‚ and even established companies were moving towards online news. USA Today had to move in a different direction. They had to deal with staying ahead‚ or even with the competition. USA Today‚ or USTA was launched in 1982
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USA Today launched in September of 1982 and was considered poor journalism and quickly acquired the nickname “McPaper” (MCartney‚ 1997). The paper was arranged in colorful four segment outlines that could be easily accessed and read. Even though they received much criticism early on‚ the paper found its readers and gained momentum especially to the casual reader. USA Today was ahead of it’s time in 1982 and unknowingly deviated from the normal newspaper prior to the onset of the internet age
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Background USA Today is a national U.S. daily general-interest newspaper‚ the first of its kind. Launched in 1982 by Allen Neuharth‚ head of the Gannett newspaper chain‚ it reached a circulation of one million within a year and surpassed two million in the 1990s. Initially considered gimmicky and insubstantial‚ it gradually developed a reputation for higher quality while increasing its circulation and advertising revenues at a time when few papers were experiencing growth. The features that originally
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BA440 Marketing Analysis Case Analysis: USA Today Case Analysis: USA Today USA Today is a multi-platform news and information media company. Founded in 1982‚ USA Today ’s mission is to serve as a forum for better understanding and unity to help make the USA truly one nation. Through its unique visual storytelling‚ USA Today delivers high-quality and engaging content across print‚ digital‚ social and video platforms. An innovator of news and information‚ USA Today reflects
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“network strategy” is CEO Tom Curly’s vision to integrate USA Today’s three main business units or media channels: Newspaper‚ Online and TV. The Online unit currently operates independently with their own sources of news content‚ editing‚ production and distribution. Tom Curly believes that by integrating the three channels they can better leverage the USAT brand as well as its news gathering‚ editing and distributing capabilities across the multiple channels. The success of this strategy is based
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macroenvironmental factors that will affect USA Today are namely economic‚ social‚ political and technological. 1. Economic The economic environment for USA Today were relatively unstable due to the rising costs of newsprints in the mid 2000s. As printing cost is one of the major cost of newspaper‚ the rising cost in printing have definitely affect USA Today and its survival. This means that USA Today have to find solutions to solve the rising cost problem and its has taken several measures. It raised
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USA TODAY Strengths 1. Hotel Circulation 2. Cheaper for Technological Circulation 3. Number One For Sports Coverage 4. Relates To More People Who Do Not Have A Strong Business Background 5. Easier Comprehension For Lower Education Level Readers 6. More Popular in Lower Income Families (under $80‚000) 7. Use of Google Ads 8. Popularity Greatly Exceeds the Competition Outside the WSJ 9. Short Distribution to Circulators Weaknesses 1. Decline of Paper Reading 2.
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while less than 5 percent comes from the Federal government. Every State has its own department of education and laws regulating finance‚ the hiring of school personnel‚ student attendance‚ and curriculum. States also determine the number of years of compulsory education: in most states‚ education is compulsory from five or six to sixteen; but in some states teens have to stay on in school until age 18. So‚ every state has great control over what is taught in its schools and over the requirements
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