USA Today: Increase In Free Media

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USA Today is currently the national leadership in total circulation as of October 2013. USA Today has managed to offer services and to stay ahead of other news sources by keeping up with current technology and offering a wide variety of information/sources. USA Today sells their printed newspapers in bulk at discounted prices to public places such as hotels and college libraries. They also make their news stories easier to read and comprehend. (Ferrell, 2010).

There has been a tremendous increase in free press. Free press means that customers are not charged. There has also been an increase in online resources. The increase in free press and online resources caused newspaper sales to grow 3.7% in 2007. (Fortunati, 2010).

I think that journalism

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