USA TODAY Remains Number One in Total Daily Print Circulation

Sells nearly 275,000 more print copies per day than closest competitor

MCLEAN, Va., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- USA TODAY remains number one in total
daily print circulation in the United States, according to the latest Audit
Bureau of Circulation report. USA TODAY's daily print circulation was
1,891,604 for the period ending September 30, 2009.

USA TODAY's print circulation is nearly 275,000 copies per day larger than its
closest competitor, The Wall Street Journal, and more than 1,000,000 copies
per day larger than The New York Times. USA TODAY is also the newspaper leader
in single copy newsstand sales selling more than 475,000 copies per day versus
The Wall Street Journal's 89,951 copies per day. Single copy newsstand sales
reflect customers who actively seek out the newspaper each day and pay full
newsstand price, which is widely considered the most valuable circulation by
advertisers.

"We are proud to remain America's number one choice in a daily print
newspaper. For 10 years USA TODAY has been the leader in print. In these
trying times, the most people continue to choose USA TODAY day in and day out
for the news they want to know," said Dave Hunke, president and publisher of
USA TODAY.

USA TODAY was founded in 1982 with a mission to serve as a forum for better
understanding and unity to help make the USA truly one nation. Through its
flagship newspaper and popular Web site, USA TODAY engages the national
conversation and connects readers online through social media applications.
USA TODAY, the nation's number one newspaper in print circulation with a total
average daily print circulation of nearly 1.9 million, and USATODAY.com, an
award-winning newspaper Web site which launched in 1995, reach a combined 5.8
million readers daily. The USA TODAY news and information brand also includes:
USA TODAY Education, USA TODAY LIVE, USA TODAY Mobile, and USA TODAY Sports
Weekly. USA TODAY is owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI).

SOURCE USA TODAY

Heidi Zimmerman, Director/Communications, +1- 703-854-5304,
hzimmerman@usatoday.com; or Alexandra Nicholson, Manager/Communications,
+1-703-854-5872 or anicholson@usatoday.com