USA Today starting to 'phase out' print edition, report says, as publisher pushes back

USA Today is starting to "phase out" its print edition for the first time in its 37 years, a report said Wednesday, as the newspaper's publisher denied that hard copies of the paper would go away entirely. "Two knowledgable sources" told the Poynter Institute that as part of a "major restructuring" within the company, a "move away" from the print edition is in USA Today's future as Gannett, which owns the paper, is being acquired by New Media Investment Group. -- More...