U.S. News & World Report

==History==
===20th century===
[[File:Mortimer Zuckerman, January 2013-1.jpg|thumb|[[Mortimer Zuckerman]], who acquired ''U.S. News & World Report'' in October 1984]]
After the closure of ''[[United States Daily]]'', which was published between 1926 and 1933, [[David Lawrence (publisher)|David Lawrence]] (1888–1973) founded the newspaper '''''United States News''''' in 1933, which was converted to magazine format in 1940. 

In 1946, Lawrence founded the magazine ''World Report''. The two magazines covered national and international news separately. In 1948, Lawrence merged them into ''U.S. News & World Report''.<ref>{{cite journal |author=David E. Sumner |title=American winners and losers:2001 to 2010 |journal=International Conference on Communication, Media, Technology and Design |date=May 2012 |url=http://www.cmdconf.net/2012/makale/6.pdf |access-date=June 25, 2016 |location=Istanbul |archive-date=September 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924210704/http://www.cmdconf.net/2012/makale/6.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> He then sold the magazine to his employees. The magazine initially tended to be slightly more [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]] than its two primary competitors, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' and ''[[Newsweek]]'', focusing more on economic, health, and education stories. It also eschewed sports, entertainment, and celebrity news.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/620229/US-News-World-Report |title=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=June 24, 2008 |encyclopedia=[[Encyclopædia Britannica]] |year=2008 |archive-date=June 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608022121/http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/620229/US-News-World-Report |url-status=live }}</ref> 

Important milestones in the early history of the magazine include the introduction of the "Washington Whispers" column in 1934, and the "News You Can Use" column in 1952.<ref name="about-usnews">{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/info/features/about-usnews|title=About U.S. News & World Report|access-date=July 6, 2017|archive-date=July 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704192420/https://www.usnews.com/info/features/about-usnews|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="usnews-timeline">{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/info/articles/2013/05/17/celebrating-80-years |title=Celebrating 80 Years - US News |access-date=2014-10-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016005625/http://www.usnews.com/info/articles/2013/05/17/celebrating-80-years |archive-date=2014-10-16 }}</ref> In 1958, the weekly magazine's circulation passed one million reaching two million by 1973.<ref name="about-usnews" />

Since 1983, ''U.S. News & World Report'' has been known primarily for its influential ranking and annual reports of colleges and graduate schools, spanning across most fields and subjects. ''U.S. News & World Report'' is America's oldest and best-known ranker of academic institutions,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/us-news-college-rankings-are-denounced-but-not-ignored/2011/09/02/gIQAn6BzzJ_story.html |title=U.S. News college rankings are denounced but not ignored |access-date=September 4, 2011 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |year=2011 |archive-date=September 4, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110904102810/http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/us-news-college-rankings-are-denounced-but-not-ignored/2011/09/02/gIQAn6BzzJ_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and covers the fields of business, law, medicine, engineering, education, social sciences and public affairs, in addition to many other areas.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/rankings |title=U.S. News & World Report: Comprehensive Categories of Academic Institutions |access-date=June 18, 2012 |work=U.S. News & World Report|publisher=U.S. News & World Report, L.P.|year=2012}}</ref> Its print edition consistently has been included in national [[bestseller]] lists, augmented by online subscriptions. Additional rankings published by ''U.S. News & World Report'' include hospitals, medical specialties, and automobiles.

In October 1984, [[New York City]]-based publisher and real estate developer [[Mortimer Zuckerman]] purchased ''U.S. News & World Report''.<ref name="usnews-timeline" /> Zuckerman had owned the ''[[New York Daily News]]''. In 1993, ''U.S. News & World Report'' entered the digital world by providing content to [[CompuServe]] and in 1995 the website usnews.com was launched.

===21st century===
In 2001, the website won a [[National Magazine Awards|National Magazine Award]] for General Excellence Online.<ref name="infoplease">{{cite web|url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0881066.html|title=2001 National Magazine Awards|publisher=Info Please|access-date=May 5, 2023|archive-date=February 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216100441/http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0881066.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2007, ''U.S. News & World Report'' published its first list of the nation's best high schools. Its ranking methodology included state test scores and documented the success of poor and minority students on the exams, and schools' performance in [[Advanced Placement|Advanced Placement exams]].

Beginning in June 2008, the magazine reduced its publication frequency in three steps. In June 2008, citing a decline overall in magazine circulation and advertising, ''U.S. News & World Report'' announced that it would become a [[biweekly]] publication, starting in January 2009.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/business/media/11mag.html |title=U.S. News Plans to Publish Biweekly and Expand Consumer Focus |access-date=June 24, 2008 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 11, 2008 |first=Richard |last=Pérez-Peña |archive-date=June 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610053205/http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/11/business/media/11mag.html?_r=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.san&s=94198&Nid=49092&p=966247 |title=Red Ink: 'U.S. News' Goes Monthly, Hearst and Rodale Cut Staff |access-date=June 11, 2008 |work=MediaPost |date=June 11, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307234522/http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.san&s=94198&Nid=49092&p=966247 |archive-date=March 7, 2012 }}</ref> 

In August 2008, ''U.S. News'' expanded and revamped its online opinion section.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/opinion |title=Political Blogs, Opinions, Commentaries and Forums on Current Issues |work=U.S. News & World Report |publisher=U.S. News & World Report, L.P. |access-date=July 20, 2014 |archive-date=July 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140719183033/http://www.usnews.com/opinion |url-status=live }}</ref> The new version of the opinion page included daily new op-ed content as well as the new Thomas Jefferson Street blog.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/opinion |title=Political Blogs, Opinions, Commentaries and Forums on Current Issues |work=U.S. News |access-date=June 30, 2013 |archive-date=June 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130629170826/http://www.usnews.com/opinion |url-status=live }}</ref> An internal memo was sent to the magazine's staff on November 5, 2010, 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."<ref name="poynter">{{cite web |url=http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=194030 |title=December issue will be our last printed monthly sent to subscribers |access-date=November 5, 2010 |work=Poynter Online |date=November 5, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106000859/http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45&aid=194030 |archive-date=November 6, 2010 }}</ref> The memo said that the publication would be moving to a primarily digital format but that special issues such as "the college and grad guides, as well as hospital and personal finance guides" would be printed.

Prior to ending physical publication in 2010, ''U.S. News'' was generally the third-ranked general United States-based news magazine after ''Time'' and ''Newsweek''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-sacks/americas-best-college-sca_b_45064.html |title=America's Best College Scam |work=[[HuffPost|The Huffington Post]] |publisher=[[AOL]]|date=April 5, 2007 |first=Peter |last=Sacks |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110402215319/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-sacks/americas-best-college-sca_b_45064.html |archive-date=April 2, 2011}}</ref> A weekly digital magazine, ''U.S. News Weekly'', introduced in January 2009,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://upstart.bizjournals.com/companies/media/2009/01/23/us-news-launching-digital-newsweekly.html?page=all |title='U.S. News' Launching Digital Newsweekly |access-date=2016-04-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910200336/http://upstart.bizjournals.com/companies/media/2009/01/23/us-news-launching-digital-newsweekly.html?page=all |archive-date=2015-09-10}}</ref> continued to offer subscription content until it stopped publication at the end of April 2015.<ref>''U.S. News Digital Weekly''. 24 April 2015, Vol. 7 Issue 17, p. 15.</ref>