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''USA Weekend'' was an American weekend newspaper magazine owned by the Gannett Company. Structured as a sister publication to Gannett's flagship newspaper ''USA Today'' and distributed in the Sunday editions of participating local newspapers, it was at its peak the country's second-largest national magazine supplement (behind ''Parade'') and was distributed to more than 800 newspapers nationwide. Overview The publication was incorporated as ''Family Weekly'', a supplement started in 1953. By the mid-1980s, the magazine was carried in 362 newspapers nationwide for a total circulation of 12.8 million copies, making it the third-largest weekly magazine in the U.S., ranking behind its main competitor ''Parade'' (owned since 1976 by Advance Publications, which sold it to Athlon Media Group in 2014) and ''TV Guide''. The Gannett Company purchased the supplement from CBS, Inc. on February 21, 1985. When the sale was finalized later that spring, Gannett renamed the publication ''USA ...
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Nameplate (publishing)
The nameplate (American English) or masthead (British English)The Guardian: ''Newspaper terminology''
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The Wrap
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ...
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Community Service
Community service is unpaid work performed by a person or group of people for the benefit and betterment of their community without any form of compensation. Community service can be distinct from volunteering, since it is not always performed on a voluntary basis and may be compulsory. While individual benefits may be realized, they may be performed for a variety of reasons, including citizenship requirements, alternatives to criminal justice sanctions, school or class requirements, and requisites to obtain certain benefits. Background Community service is a non-paying job performed by one person or a group of people for the benefit of their community or its institutions. Community service is distinct from volunteering, since it is not always performed on a voluntary basis. It may be performed for a variety of reasons. * It may be required by a government as a part of citizenship requirements, like the mandatory "Hand and hitch-up services" for some municipalities in German ...
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Tavis Smiley
Tavis Smiley (; born September 13, 1964) is an American talk show host and author. Smiley was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, and grew up in Bunker Hill, Indiana. After attending Indiana University, he worked during the late 1980s as an aide to Tom Bradley, the mayor of Los Angeles. Smiley became a radio commentator in 1991 and, starting in 1996, he hosted the talk show ''BET Talk'' (later renamed ''BET Tonight'') on Black Entertainment Television (BET). After Smiley sold an exclusive interview of Sara Jane Olson to ABC News in 2001, BET declined to renew his contract that year. Smiley then began hosting ''The Tavis Smiley Show'' on National Public Radio (NPR) (2002–04) and hosted '' Tavis Smiley'' on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) on weekdays and ''The Tavis Smiley Show'' on Public Radio International (PRI) from 2004 until 2017. Smiley's career suffered repercussions after he was suspended and later fired from PBS after an investigation during the Me Too movement foun ...
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Cokie Roberts
Mary Martha Corinne Morrison Claiborne "Cokie" Roberts (née Boggs; December 27, 1943 – September 17, 2019) was an American journalist and author. Her career included decades as a political reporter and analyst for National Public Radio, PBS, and ABC News, with prominent positions on ''Morning Edition'', ''The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour'', '' World News Tonight'', and '' This Week''. She was considered one of NPR's "Founding Mothers" along with Susan Stamberg, Linda Wertheimer and Nina Totenberg. Roberts, along with her husband, Steve, wrote a weekly column syndicated by United Media in newspapers around the United States. She served on the boards of several non-profit organizations such as the Kaiser Family Foundation and was appointed by President George W. Bush to his Council on Service and Civic Participation. Early life and education Roberts was born in New Orleans. She received the nickname Cokie from her brother, Tommy, who as a child could not pronounce her given nam ...
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Steven V
Stephen V may refer to: *Pope Stephen IV, aka Stephen V, Pope from 816 to 817 *Pope Stephen V (885–891) *Stephen V of Hungary (born before 1239 – 1272), King of Hungary and Croatia, Duke of Styria *Stephen V Báthory Stephen Báthory of Ecsed ( hu, Báthory István, ; ro, Ștefan Báthory; 1430–1493) was a Hungarian commander, 'dapiferorum regalium magister' (1458–?), judge royal (1471–1493) and voivode of Transylvania (1479–1493). ... (1430–1493), Hungarian commander, judge of the Royal Court and Prince of Transylvania * Stephen V of Moldavia (r. 1538–1540) {{hndis, Stephen 05 ...
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Ken Burns
Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29, 1953) is an American filmmaker known for his documentary film, documentary films and television series, many of which chronicle United States, American History of the United States, history and Culture of the United States, culture. His work is often produced in association with WETA-TV and/or the National Endowment for the Humanities and distributed by PBS. His widely known documentary series include ''The Civil War (miniseries), The Civil War'' (1990), ''Baseball (TV series), Baseball'' (1994), ''Jazz (TV series), Jazz'' (2001), ''The War (miniseries), The War'' (2007), ''The National Parks: America's Best Idea'' (2009), ''Prohibition (miniseries), Prohibition'' (2011), ''The Roosevelts (miniseries), The Roosevelts'' (2014), ''The Vietnam War (TV series), The Vietnam War'' (2017), and ''Country Music (miniseries), Country Music'' (2019). He was also executive producer of both ''The West (miniseries), The West'' (1996), and ''Cancer (film), C ...
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Terry Stickels
Terry Stickels (born May 14, 1948) is the author of numerous puzzle books, calendars, card decks and posters featuring critical thinking skills. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, he is the oldest of three children. Stickels is a lifelong member of Mensa, One In A Thousand Society (now known as Termite) and The International High IQ Society and the Epimetheus Society. He currently resides in Fort Worth, Texas. Terry Stickels is a graduate of University of Nebraska at Omaha with a BS in Geography and Natural Sciences. He attended on a football scholarship where he played quarterback. While a student, he tutored in math and physics using puzzles as a non-intimidating approach to teaching concepts. After years of creating puzzles, Stickels began his publishing career in 1991 with a Rochester, NY weekly newspaper puzzle column. Today Stickels is popular with business leaders, teachers and students for his presentations on having fun and success using an individual's mental flexibility. Sticke ...
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Lorrie Lynch
Lorrie Lynch was the senior editor and personalities columnist for ''USA Weekend'' magazine through 2009.(4 December 2009)USA Today/Weekend‘s Lorrie Lynch on the Market FishbowlDC Biography Lynch has a B.A. in Journalism from Central Michigan University, where she was editor of the campus newspaper, ''CM LIFE''. She interviewed entertainment figures and wrote the "Who's News" column in the Sunday magazine. Lynch moved to ''USA Weekend'' from ''USA Today'', where she was a founding staff member. As a reporter in the News section she covered national stories and Washington politics. As the paper's San Francisco bureau chief she covered western issues and reported the beginning of the nation's AIDS crisis. As an editor in the "Life" section, she was responsible for the paper's daily celebrity coverage. Lynch also worked for newspapers in Port Huron, Ypsilanti, Traverse City, Mount Pleasant, and Battle Creek, Michigan. She also worked for ''The Sacramento Bee'' and ''The Marin Co ...
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Sharon Epperson
Sharon Emily Epperson (born April 12, 1968) is Senior Personal Finance Correspondent for CNBC. She also appears on NBC News shows, ''Today'' and ''NBC Nightly News''. Early life and education Epperson is the daughter of David E. Epperson and Ceceila T. Epperson, a retired schoolteacher in the Pittsburgh Public School System, last teaching at Lincoln Elementary School in Pittsburgh. Her grandfather was a steelworker. Her father, now deceased, was Dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Pittsburgh for nearly 30 years and was the first African-American dean at the school. Epperson graduated from Pittsburgh's Taylor Allderdice High School in 1986 and was inducted into their alumni hall of fame in 2011. She served a summer internship at the age of 18 in the Pittsburgh Press library department. Epperson holds a bachelor's degree in sociology and government from Harvard University, a master's degree in international affairs from Columbia University, and an honorary d ...
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The Doctors (2008 TV Series)
''The Doctors'' is a daily American Broadcast syndication, syndicated talk show featuring medical advice. It debuted on September 8, 2008 and aired until August 8, 2022. The hour-long daytime program is produced by Phil McGraw and his son Jay McGraw and is distributed domestically and globally by CBS Media Ventures. The series is a spin-off of ''Dr. Phil (talk show), Dr. Phil'' and is the first talk show to be a third generation talk show spin-off, as ''Dr. Phil'' itself spun off ''The Oprah Winfrey Show''. Details The concept, which originated on ''Dr. Phil'', mostly focuses on health and medical issues, as a team of medical professionals (and sometimes celebrity guests/speakers) discuss a range of various health-related topics and answer questions from viewers who are too embarrassed to ask their doctors. The series was hosted by Emergency department, emergency room physician and former ''The Bachelor (US TV series), The Bachelor'' participant Travis Lane Stork, Travis Stork ...
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Jean Carper
Jean Carper (born 1932) is a ''New York Times'' best-selling author, an American medical journalist, contributing editor to ''USA Weekend'', and author of 24 books. Early life and education Jean Elinor Carper was born January 3, 1932, the daughter of Jethro and Natella Marie (Boyer) Carper, in Delaware, Ohio. She is a 1953 graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, where she majored in speech and was a member of the debate team that won a state championship. Career Carper was CNN's first medical correspondent when the network began in 1980. She has also appeared on the ''Today Show'', ''Good Morning America'' and ''Dateline''. For 14 years she wrote a weekly column called "EatSmart" for Gannett’s Sunday supplement, ''USA Weekend''. She has written for The Huffington Post about Alzheimer's disease, and produced an independent documentary on the disease, ''Monster in the Mind'', in 2016. Three of Carper's books have been on the ''New York Times'' best-seller l ...
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