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magazine U.S. News & World Report
usinfo | 2013-06-27 11:50
| U.S. News & World Report | |
 U.S. News & World Report cover |
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| Editor | Brian Kelly (editor) |
| Categories | Newsmagazine |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Circulation | 1,269,260 |
| Publisher | Kerry F. Dyer |
| First issue |
1933 (United States News) 1946 (World Report) 1948 (merger) |
| Final issue | 2010 (print) |
| Company | U.S. News & World Report, L.P. (Mortimer Zuckerman) |
| Country | New York City, New York, United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | usnews.com |
| ISSN | 0041-5537 |
U.S. News & World Report is an Americannews magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories. In recent years, it is now known for its ranking system and annual reports on American colleges, graduate schools and hospitals.
Starting in June 2008, the magazine reduced its publication frequency in three steps. It switched in June 2008 from weekly to biweekly.[2] In November 2008 it decreased to monthly.[3] In November 2010, it was reported that U.S News & World Report would be switched to an online-only format, effective after it published its December issue, with the exception of print publishing special issues on colleges, hospitals, and personal finance.[4]
History
United States News was founded in 1933 by David Lawrence (1888–1973), who also started World Report in 1946. The two magazines initially covered national and international news separately, but Lawrence merged them into U.S.News& World Report in 1948 and subsequently sold the magazine to his employees. In 1984, it was purchased by Mortimer Zuckerman, who is also the owner of the New York Daily News.
The editorial staff of U.S. News & World Report is based in Washington, D.C., but the magazine is owned by U.S.News& World Report, L.P., a privately held company based in the Daily News building in New York City.
Historically, the magazine has tended to be slightly more conservative than its two primary competitors, Time and Newsweek. It also eschews sports, entertainment and celebrity news.[5]
In 1995, its web site, 'usnews.com' was launched providing access to all articles from the print edition.
In 2007, U.S. News published its list of the nation's best high schools for the first time. Its ranking methodology includes state test scores and the success of poor and minority students on these exams, and schools' performance in Advanced Placement tests.
In June 2008, citing the decline in overall magazine circulation and advertising, "U.S.News& World Report" announced that it will become a biweekly publication, starting January 2009.[6] It hoped advertisers would be attracted to the schedule, which allowed ads to stay on newsstands a week longer. However, five months later the magazine changed its frequency again, becoming monthly.[7]
In August 2008, U.S. News expanded and revamped its online opinion section. The new version of the opinion page included daily new op-ed content as well as the new Thomas Jefferson Street blog.
An internal memo[4] was sent on November 5, 2010 to the staff of the magazine informing them that the "December issue will be our last print monthly sent to subscribers, whose remaining print and digital replica subscriptions will be filled by other publishers." The memo went on to say that the publication would be moving to a primarily digital format but that it would continue to print special issues such as "the college and grad guides, as well as hospital and personal finance guides."
America's Best Colleges
In 1983, U.S. News & World Report published its first "America's Best Colleges" report. It has been compiled and published annually since 1985 and are the most widely quoted of their kind in the U.S.
These rankings are based upon data which U.S. News & World Report collects from each educational institution, either from an annual survey sent to each school, or from the school's website. They are also based upon opinion surveys of university faculties and administrators who do not belong to the schools.
The popularity of U.S. News & World Report's college rankings is reflected in its 2007 release
• within 3 days of the rankings release, U.S. News website received 10 million page views compared to 500,000 average views in a typical month
• 80 percent of visitors access the ranking section of the website directly rather than navigating via the magazines home page
• the printed issue incorporating its college rankings sells 50% more than its normal issues at the newsstand
U.S. News also publishes comprehensive college guides in book form.
