Editing USA Weekend (section)

{{short description|American weekend newspaper magazine}}
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| image_file      = USAW1022.jpg
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| image_caption   = ''USA Weekend'' cover from October 22, 2006; the top blank bar features a reproduction of the carrying newspaper's [[Nameplate (publishing)|masthead]].
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| category        = [[Sunday magazine]]
| frequency       = Weekly
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| circulation     =Distributed to more than 800 newspapers nationwide 
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| founded         = {{Start date and age|1953}} {{small|(as ''Family Weekly'')}}
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| finaldate       = {{End date and age|2014|12|28}}
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| company         = [[Gannett]]
| country         = [[United States]]
| based           = [[McLean, Virginia|McLean]], [[Virginia]]
| language        = [[American English|English]]
| website         = {{URL|www.usaweekend.com}}
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'''''USA Weekend''''' was an American [[Sunday magazine|weekend newspaper magazine]] published from 1953 to 2014.

Founded as ''Family Weekly,'' it was purchased in 1985 by the [[Gannett|Gannett Company]], which turned it into a sister publication to Gannett's flagship newspaper ''[[USA Today]]'' and distributed it in the Sunday editions of participating local newspapers,<ref name="portada">{{cite news|title=Gannett folds USA Weekend Magazine|url=http://www.portada-online.com/2014/12/07/gannett-folds-usa-weekend-magazine/|website=Portada|date=December 7, 2014|access-date=December 28, 2014|archive-date=December 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228192426/http://www.portada-online.com/2014/12/07/gannett-folds-usa-weekend-magazine/|url-status=live}}</ref> At its peak, ''USA Weekend'' was the country's second-largest national magazine supplement (behind ''[[Parade (magazine)|Parade]]'') and was distributed to more than 800 newspapers nationwide.<ref name="davis">{{cite news|title=USA Weekend calls it quits|url=http://www.davisenterprise.com/local-news/briefly/usa-weekend-calls-it-quits/|newspaper=[[Davis Enterprise]]|date=December 28, 2014|access-date=December 28, 2014}}</ref> Gannett ceased publication after the December 28, 2014, issue, citing a decline in print advertising and a company effort to minimize duplicative offerings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Yu |first=Roger |date=December 5, 2014 |title=USA TODAY to end publication of USA WEEKEND |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2014/12/05/usa-weekend-shuts-down/19966253/ |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US}}</ref>