Al Neuharth, founder of USA Today, dead at 89

[Hugh]

http://news.yahoo.com/usa-today-founder-neuharth-dies-florida-89-232609537--finance.html

I liked the USA Today from day one. I liked the color photos, the graphics, the shorter stories. And I was embarrassed to admit it. I should have pulled that full color newspaper out in public and read it with pride! So long, Mr. Neuharth, you will be missed.

PS: he typed his weekly column on a typewriter up until the end.

 

[SFG75]

I was young when it came out, but I know that my grandfather was a huge fan of it and that he had a subscription for years. I always liked the section that covered the leading story in all fifty states, not to mention the interesting charts or pie graphs at the bottom of the front page...or at least, I think it was the front. Neuharth created a product he could be proud of.

 

[Peder]

And it was delivered to my door every morning wherever I traveled.