National and local newspapers in the USA

Because of the size of the USA, there are few national newspapers. Apart from the popular USA Today only the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Wall Street Journal have anything like a nationwide readership, mainly thanks to satellite technology. The Times is generally regarded as America's most prestigious paper. The Journal is the leading and financial and business newspaper and currently has a circulation of about two million, the highest in the country. But there are influential regional papers, among them the Washington Post, the New York Daily News, the Philadelphia Enquirer, the Los Angeles Times, the Boston Globe, the San Francisco Examiner and the Christian Science Monitor (not a religious paper, despite its title). USA Today, founded in1962, is the leading popular daily paper, with short news reports, lively feature stories and items of practical advice. The tabloid weekly newspaper, such as the National Enquirer and the Star with the circulation of around 4.5 and 3.5 respectively, are sold in supermarkets throughout the county.

There are more than 1,500 daily newspapers in the USA. Each one is usually sold only in one part of the country, e.g. in a city, but they cover national and international news. In larger cities, there is often more than one newspaper and the different ones express different political opinions.