USA Today Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==History== {{Advert section|date=June 2021}} ''USA Today'' was first conceived on February 29, 1980, when a company task force known as "Project NN" met with then-chairman of [[Gannett]], [[Al Neuharth]], in [[Cocoa Beach, Florida]]. Early regional prototypes of ''USA Today'' included ''East Bay Today'', an [[Oakland, California]]-based publication published in the late 1970s to serve as the morning edition of the ''[[Oakland Tribune]]'', an afternoon newspaper which Gannett owned at the time.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1991-09-29-9103140104-story.html | title=Paper Pursues Life After Debt | first=James | last=Warren | work=[[Chicago Tribune]] | date=September 29, 1991| url-access=subscription}}</ref> On June 11, 1981, Gannett printed the first prototypes of the proposed publication. The two proposed design layouts were mailed to newsmakers and prominent leaders in journalism for review and feedback.<ref name="garcia-usatoday1"/><ref name=timeline>{{cite news | title=USA Today Media Kit :: Press Room :: Press Kit :: Timeline | url=https://static.usatoday.com/about/timeline/ | newspaper=USA Today | publisher=Gannett}}</ref> Gannett's board of directors approved the launch of the national newspaper, titled ''USA Today'', on December 5, 1981. At launch, Neuharth was appointed president and publisher of the newspaper, adding those responsibilities to his existing position as Gannett's [[chief executive officer]].<ref name=timeline/><ref name="marking30">{{cite web|title=USA Today Is Turning 30, in Danger of 'Marking 30'|url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/usa-today-is-turning-30-in-danger-of-marking-30/|author=John K. Hartman|website=[[Editor and Publisher]]|date=September 12, 2012|access-date=October 24, 2016|archive-date=October 25, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025050132/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/usa-today-is-turning-30-in-danger-of-marking-30/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Gannett announced the launch of the paper on April 20, 1982. ''USA Today'' began publishing on September 15, 1982, initially in the [[Baltimore]] and [[Washington, D.C.]] metropolitan areas,<ref>{{cite web|date=September 16, 2020|title=History's Moments in Media: 38 Years of USA Today: What's Next for History's Most Successful National Newspaper?|url=https://www.mediavillage.com/article/historys-moments-in-media-38-years-of-usa-today-whats-next-for-historys-most-successful-national-newspaper/print/|access-date=September 10, 2021|website=www.mediavillage.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/09/14/Gannett-launches-USA-Today/2946400824000|title=Gannett Launches USA Today|agency=[[United Press International|UPI]]|date=September 14, 1982|access-date=March 19, 2024}}</ref> for a newsstand price of 25¢ (equivalent to {{Inflation|US|25|1982|fmt=c}}¢ in 2020). After selling out the first issue, Gannett gradually expanded the national distribution of the paper, reaching an estimated circulation of 362,879 copies by the end of 1982, double the amount of sales that Gannett projected.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} [[File:USA Today Logo.svg|upright=0.8|thumb|left|Original logo, used from 1982 to 2012]] The design uniquely incorporated color graphics and photographs. Initially, only its front news section pages were rendered in four-color, while the remaining pages were printed in a [[spot color]] format. The paper's overall style and elevated use of graphics – developed by Neuharth, in collaboration with staff graphics designers George Rorick, Sam Ward, Suzy Parker, John Sherlock and Web Bryant – was derided by critics, who referred to it as a "[[McWord|McPaper]]" or "television you can wrap fish in", because it opted to incorporate concise nuggets of information more akin to the style of [[television news]], rather than in-depth stories like traditional newspapers, which many in the newspaper industry considered to be a [[dumbing down]] of content.<ref name=timeline/><ref name="marking30"/><ref name="garcia-usatoday2">{{cite web|title=USA Today turns 30-Part 2 – A newspaper that influenced all of us|url=http://www.garciamedia.com/blog/usa_today_turns_30-part_2---a_newspaper_that_influenced_all_of_us|author=Mario R. García|website=García Media|date=September 10, 2012}}</ref> Although ''USA Today'' had been profitable for just ten years as of 1997, it changed the appearance and feel of newspapers around the world.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Psvlik|first1=John|last2=Mclntosh|first2=Shawn|title=Converging Media|year=2016|publisher=Oxford|location=New York|isbn=978-0-19-027151-0|edition=fifth}}</ref> On July 2, 1984, the newspaper switched from predominantly black-and-white to full-color photography and graphics in all four sections. The following week, on July 10, ''USA Today'' launched an international edition intended for U.S. readers abroad, followed four months later on October 8 with the rollout of the first transmission via satellite of its international version to [[Singapore]]. On April 8, 1985, the paper published its first special bonus section, a 12-page section called "Baseball '85", which previewed the [[1985 Major League Baseball season]].<ref name=timeline/> By the fourth quarter of 1985, ''USA Today'' had become the second-largest newspaper in the United States, reaching a daily circulation of 1.4 million copies. Total daily readership of the paper by 1987 (according to Simmons Market Research Bureau statistics) had reached 5.5 million, the largest of any daily newspaper in the U.S. On May 6, 1986, ''USA Today'' began production of its international edition in [[Switzerland]]. ''USA Today'' operated at a loss for most of its first four years of operation, accumulating a total deficit of $233 million after taxes, according to figures released by Gannett in July 1987; the newspaper began turning its first profit in May 1987, six months ahead of Gannett corporate revenue projections.<ref name=timeline/> On January 29, 1988, ''USA Today'' published the largest edition in its history, a 78-page weekend edition featuring a section previewing [[Super Bowl XXII]]; the edition included 44.38 pages of advertising and sold 2,114,055 copies, setting a single-day record for an American newspaper (and surpassed seven months later on September 2, when its [[Labor Day]] weekend edition sold 2,257,734 copies). On April 15, ''USA Today'' launched a third international printing site, based in [[Hong Kong]]. The international edition set circulation and advertising records during August 1988, with coverage of the [[1988 Summer Olympics]], selling more than 60,000 copies and 100 pages of advertising.<ref name=timeline/> By July 1991, Simmons Market Research Bureau estimated that ''USA Today'' had a total daily readership of nearly 6.6 million, an all-time high and the largest readership of any daily newspaper in the United States. On September 1, 1991, ''USA Today'' launched a fourth printsite for its international edition in London for the [[United Kingdom]] and the [[British Isles]].<ref name=timeline/> The international edition's schedule was changed as of April 1, 1994, to Monday through Friday, rather than from Tuesday through Saturday, in order to accommodate business travelers; on February 1, 1995, ''USA Today'' opened its first editorial bureau outside the United States at its Hong Kong publishing facility; additional editorial bureaus were launched in London and [[Moscow]] in 1996.<ref name=timeline/> On April 17, 1995, ''USA Today'' launched its website to provide real-time news coverage; in June 2002 the site expanded to include a section providing travel information and booking tools. On August 28, 1995, a fifth international publishing site was launched in [[Frankfurt, Germany]], to print and distribute the international edition throughout most of Europe.<ref name=timeline/> On October 4, 1999, ''USA Today'' began running advertisements on its front page for the first time.<ref name=timeline/> In 2017, some pages of USA Today's website features [[Auto-Play]] functionality for video or audio-aided stories. On February 8, 2000, Gannett launched ''USA Today Live'', a broadcast and Internet initiative designed to provide coverage from the newspaper to broadcast television stations nationwide for use in their local newscasts and their websites; the venture also provided integration with the ''USA Today'' website, which transitioned from a text-based format to feature audio and video clips of news content.<ref name=timeline/> The paper launched a sixth printing site for its international edition on May 15, 2000, in [[Milan]], [[Italy]], followed on July 10 by the launch of an international printing facility in [[Charleroi, Belgium]].<ref name=timeline/> In 2001, two interactive units were launched: on June 19, ''USA Today'' and Gannett Newspapers launched the USA Today Careers Network (now Careers.com), a website featuring localized employment listings, then on July 18, the USA Today News Center was launched as an interactive television news service developed through a joint venture with the On Command Corporation that was distributed to hotels around the United States. On September 12 of that year, the newspaper set an all-time single day circulation record, selling 3,638,600 copies for its edition covering the [[September 11 attacks]]. That November, ''USA Today'' migrated its operations from Gannett's previous corporate headquarters in [[Arlington, Virginia]], to the company's new headquarters in nearby [[McLean, Virginia|McLean]].<ref name=timeline/> In 2004, [[Jack Kelley (journalist)|Jack Kelley]], a senior foreign correspondent for USA Today, was found to have fabricated foreign news reports over the past decade. Kelley resigned.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/20/us/usa-today-finds-top-writer-lied.html|title= USA Today Finds Top Writer Lied |work=The New York Times|date=March 4, 2004|first=Jacques|last=Steinberg}}</ref> On December 12, 2005, Gannett announced that it would combine the separate newsroom operations of the online and print entities of ''USA Today'', with USAToday.com's vice president and editor-in-chief Kinsey Wilson promoted to co-executive editor, alongside existing executive editor John Hillkirk.<ref name=timeline/> In December 2010, ''USA Today'' launched the USA Today [[API]] for sharing data with partners of all types.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hamlin |first=Ethan |title=Introducing the Articles API |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/labs/post/2010/12/introducing-the-articles-api/1 |work=USA Today |date=December 8, 2010 |access-date=January 10, 2022}}</ref> ===Newsroom restructuring and 2011 graphical tweaks=== On August 27, 2010, ''USA Today'' announced that it would undergo a reorganization of its newsroom, announcing the layoffs of 130 staffers. It also announced that the paper would shift its focus away from print and place more emphasis on its digital platforms (including USAToday.com and its related [[mobile app]]lications) and launch of a new publication called ''USA Today Sports''.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}} On January 24, 2011, to reverse a revenue slide, the paper introduced a tweaked format that modified the appearance of its front section pages, which included a larger logo at the top of each page; coloring tweaks to section front pages; a new [[sans-serif]] font, called Prelo, for certain headlines of main stories (replacing the Gulliver typeface that had been implemented for story headers in April 2000); an updated "Newsline" feature featuring larger, "newsier" headline entry points; and the increasing and decreasing of [[Nameplate (publishing)|mastheads]] and white space to present a cleaner style.<ref>{{cite news |last=Romenesko |first=Jim |title=USA Today tweaks include larger Page One logo | url=https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2011/usa-today-tweaks-include-larger-page-one-logo/ |publisher=[[Poynter Institute]] |date=January 24, 2011}}</ref> ===2012 redesign=== [[File:Miguel Vazquez from USA Today shows off their beautiful Metro App (6857362418).jpg|thumb|Miguel Vazquez from ''USA Today'' shows off the publication's Metro App, 2012.]] On September 14, 2012, ''USA Today'' underwent the first major redesign in its history, in commemoration for the 30th anniversary of the paper's first edition.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wolff Olins creates new USA Today branding | url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/may-2012/wolff-olins-creates-new-usa-today-branding/ | first=Emily | last=Gosling | newspaper=DesignWeek | date=September 17, 2012}}</ref> Developed in conjunction with brand design firm [[Wolff Olins]], the print edition of ''USA Today'' added a page covering technology stories and expanded travel coverage within the Life section and increased the number of color pages included in each edition, while retaining longtime elements.<ref name="Hagey">{{cite news|title=USA Today Redesigns Paper, Website | url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10000872396390444709004577649682788312016| first=Keach | last=Hagey | newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] | date=September 13, 2012 | url-access=subscription}}</ref> The "globe" logo used since the paper's inception was replaced with a new logo featuring a large circle rendered in colors corresponding to each of the sections, serving as an infographic that changes with news stories, containing images representing that day's top stories.<ref name="Hagey"/><ref name="garcia-usatoday5">{{cite web|title=USA Today turns 30-Part 5-Its First Major Visual Redesign |url=http://www.garciamedia.com/blog/usa_today_turns_30-part_5-its_a_new_look_for_usa_today--its_first_major_vis | first=Mario R. | last=García | website=García Media | date=September 14, 2012}}</ref> The paper's website was also extensively overhauled using a new, in-house [[content management system]] known as Presto and a design created by Fantasy Interactive, that incorporates flipboard-style navigation to switch between individual stories (which obscure most of the main and section pages), clickable video advertising and a [[responsive design]] layout. The site was designed and developed to be more interactive, faster, provide "high impact" advertising units (known as Gravity), and provide the ability for Gannett to syndicate ''USA Today'' content to the websites of its local properties, and vice versa. To accomplish this goal, [[Gannett Digital]] migrated its newspaper and television station websites to the Presto platform. Developers built a separate platform to provide optimizations for [[mobile device|mobile]] and [[touchscreen]] devices. The Gravity ad won Digiday's Best Publishing Innovation in Advertising in 2016, thanks to an 80% full-watch user engagement rate on desktop, and 96% on mobile.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Atlantic is Publisher of the Year at the Digiday Publishing Awards |url=https://digiday.com/announcement/atlantic-publisher-year-digiday-publishing-awards/ |access-date=June 21, 2021 |publisher=Digiday |date=March 24, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rudy |first1=Melissa |title=Gannett Ramps Up Its Viewability Data as New 'Gravity' Ad Units Soar |url=https://www.adweek.com/performance-marketing/gannett-teams-moat-viewability-data-160048/ |access-date=June 21, 2021 |publisher=Adweek |date=September 11, 2014}}</ref> Following the relaunch, the editorial team behind ''USA Today'' Investigations ramped up its "longread" article plans, following the success of the series ''Ghost Factories''. With differing platform requirements, ''USA Today's'' mobile website did not offer any specialized support for these multi-chapter stories. Nearing the end of 2012, more than one-third of ''USA Today''{{'s}} readership was browsing only using their mobile phones, and the majority of these users were accessing the mobile website (as opposed to the iOS and Android applications) with the newer, less-obtrusive advertising strategy. Gannet Digital designed, developed, and released the longread mobile experience to coincide with the launch of [[Brad Heath]]'s series ''Locked Up'', which won the [[Investigative Reporters and Editors]] Tom Renner Award in October 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=IRE Past Award Winners |url=https://www.ire.org/awards/past-award-winners/ |website=Investigative Reporters and Editors |access-date=June 21, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=USA Today Receives Top IRE Award, Three Gannett Sites Honored as Finalists |url=https://www.tegna.com/usa-today-receives-top-ire-award-three-gannett-sites-honored-as-finalists/ |access-date=June 21, 2021 |agency=Tegna |date=April 1, 2021}}</ref> Gannett Digital's focus on its mobile content experience paid off in 2012 with multiple awards; including the Eppy for Best Mobile Application, the Mobile Excellence award for Best User Experience, the MOBI award for Editorial Content, and Mobile Publisher of the Year.<ref>{{cite news|last=Kats|first=Rima|title=Starbucks is 2012 Mobile Marketer of the Year|publisher=Marketing Dive|url=https://www.marketingdive.com/ex/mobilemarketer/cms/resources/mobilegends-awards/14499.html|access-date=June 21, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2012 Eppy Award Winners |url=https://www.eppyawards.com/stories/2012-eppy-award-winners,19 |website=Eppy Awards |date=May 29, 2012 |access-date=June 21, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=2012 Mobile Excellence Awards |url=https://mediaxawards.com/2012-mobile-excellence-awards/ |website=MediaX Awards |access-date=June 21, 2021 |archive-date=June 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624202237/https://mediaxawards.com/2012-mobile-excellence-awards/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The ''USA Today'' site design was launched on desktop, mobile and TV throughout 2013 and 2014, although archive content accessible through [[search engines]] remains available through the pre-relaunch design.<ref name="poynter-gannettpresto">{{cite news| title=Case Study: Gannett's monumental task – A content management system for all |url=https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2014/case-study-gannetts-monumental-task-a-content-management-system-for-all/ | publisher=[[Poynter Institute]] | date=July 7, 2014}}</ref><ref name="garcia-usatoday6">{{cite web | title=It's a new website rethink for USA Today, too | url=http://www.garciamedia.com/blog/its_a_new_website_rethink_for_usa_today_too/ | first=Mario R. | last=García | website=García Media | date=September 17, 2012}}</ref> ===Mid-2010s expansion and restructuring=== On October 6, 2013, Gannett test launched a condensed daily edition of ''USA Today'' (part of what was internally known within Gannett as the "Butterfly" initiative) for distribution as an insert in four of its newspapers – ''[[The Indianapolis Star]]'', the ''[[Rochester Democrat & Chronicle]]'', the [[Fort Myers, Florida|Fort Myers]]-based ''[[The News-Press]]'' and the [[Appleton, Wisconsin]]-based ''[[The Post-Crescent]]''. The launch of the syndicated insert caused ''USA Today'' to restructure its operations to allow seven-day-a-week production to accommodate the packaging of its national and international news content and enterprise stories (comprising about 10 pages for the weekday and Saturday editions, and up to 22 pages for the Sunday edition) into the pilot insert. Gannett later announced on December 11, that it would formally launch the condensed daily edition of ''USA Today'' in 31 additional local newspapers nationwide through April 2014 (with the [[Palm Springs, California]]-based ''[[The Desert Sun]]'' and the [[Lafayette, Louisiana]]-based ''Advertiser'' being the first newspapers outside of the pilot program participants to add the supplement on December 15), citing "positive feedback" to the feature from readers and advertisers of the initial four papers. Gannett was given permission from the [[Alliance for Audited Media]] to count the circulation figures from the syndicated local insert with the total circulation count for the flagship national edition of ''USA Today''.<ref name="Gannett">{{cite news | title=Gannett to distribute USA Today edition to 35 papers | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/12/11/usa-today-butterfly-expansion/3965309/ | newspaper=USA Today | publisher=[[Gannett]] | date=December 11, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Placing a bet on USA Today | url=https://archives.cjr.org/reports/placing_a_bet_on_usa_today.php | first=David Cay | last=Johnston | work=[[Columbia Journalism Review]] |date=December 11, 2013}}</ref> On January 4, 2014, ''USA Today'' acquired the consumer product review website [[Reviewed (website)|Reviewed]].<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/usa-today-acquires-reviewedcom-112863219.html | title=USA Today Acquires Reviewed.com | publisher=[[PR Newswire]] | date=January 4, 2014}}</ref><ref name=timeline/> In the first quarter of 2014, Gannett launched a condensed ''USA Today'' insert into 31 other newspapers in its network, thereby increasing the number of inserts to 35, in an effort to shore up circulation after it regained its position as the highest-circulated week daily newspaper in the United States in October 2013.<ref name="Gannett"/><ref>{{cite news |last=Haughney |first=Christine |title=Gannett to Add USA Today to Local Papers |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/11/business/media/gannett-to-add-usa-today-to-local-papers.html |url-access=subscription |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 10, 2013}}</ref> On September 3, 2014, ''USA Today'' announced that it would lay off roughly 70 employees in a restructuring of its newsroom and business operations.<ref>{{cite news | title=USA Today Cuts 70 Employees From Newsroom and Business Staff | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/04/business/media/usa-today-cuts-newsroom-and-business-side-staff.html| work=The New York Times | date=September 3, 2014 | url-access=subscription}}</ref> In October 2014, ''USA Today'' and OpenWager Inc. entered into a partnership to release a [[Online bingo#Mobile Bingo|Bingo]] [[mobile app]] called USA Today Bingo Cruise.<ref>{{cite news | title=OpenWager and USA Today Partner to Launch New Bingo App | url=http://www.bingoreviewer.co.uk/bingo_blog/openwager-and-usa-today-partner-to-launch-new-bingo-app/10339/ | website=BingoReviewer | date=October 2, 2014 | access-date=October 3, 2014 | archive-date=October 6, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006093230/http://www.bingoreviewer.co.uk/bingo_blog/openwager-and-usa-today-partner-to-launch-new-bingo-app/10339/ | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/openwager-partners-with-usa-today-to-unveil-usa-today-bingo-cruise-277859211.html | title=OpenWager Partners with USA Today to Unveil USA Today Bingo Cruise | publisher=[[PR Newswire]] | date=October 2, 2014}}</ref> On December 3, 2015, Gannett formally launched the USA Today Network, a national digital newsgathering service providing shared content between ''USA Today'' and the company's 92 local newspapers throughout the United States as well as pooling advertising services on both a hyperlocal and national reach. The ''[[Louisville Courier-Journal]]'' had earlier soft-launched the service as part of a pilot program started on November 17, coinciding with an imaging rebrand for the [[Louisville, Kentucky]]-based newspaper; Gannett's other local newspaper properties, as well as those it acquired through its merger with the [[Journal Media Group]], gradually began identifying themselves as part of the USA Today Network (foregoing use of the Gannett name outside of requisite ownership references) through early January 2016.<ref>{{cite press release | title=Gannett Unites Largest Local to National Media Network under 'USA Today Network' | url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20151203005219/en/Gannett-Unites-Largest-Local-National-Media-Network | publisher=[[Business Wire]] | date=December 3, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Gannett introduces USA Today Network, uniting local, national properties | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2015/12/03/gannett-introduces-usa-today-network-uniting-local-national-properties/76716562/| first=Roger | last=Yu | newspaper=USA Today | publisher=[[Gannett]] | date=December 4, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Gannett rebrands its local papers as USA Today Network | url=https://www.poynter.org/reporting-editing/2015/gannett-rebrands-its-local-papers-as-usa-today-network/ | first=Rick | last=Edmonds | work=[[Poynter Institute]] | date=December 3, 2015}}</ref> In May 2021, USA Today introduced a [[paywall]] for some of its online stories.<ref>{{cite web|date=April 27, 2021|title=No longer a holdout for free, USA Today launches a paywall and digital-only subscription plan|url=https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2021/no-longer-a-holdout-for-free-usa-today-launches-a-paywall-and-digital-only-subscription-plan/|access-date=May 27, 2021|website=Poynter|language=en-US}}</ref> On June 16, 2022, it was reported that USA Today removed 23 articles written by journalist Gabriela Miranda after an inquiry related to one of her articles triggered an internal investigation and found that Miranda had fabricated sources on articles pertaining to the [[Texas Heartbeat Act]], Ukrainian women's issues due to the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion]], and an article on sunscreen. Miranda resigned.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Mullin |first1=Benjamin |last2=Robertson |first2=Katie |date=June 16, 2022 |title=USA Today to Remove 23 Articles After Investigation Into Fabricated Sources |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/16/business/media/usa-today-fabricated-sources.html |access-date=June 17, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 16, 2022 |title=USA Today removes 23 stories over 'fabricated' quotes |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/06/16/usa-today-removes-23-stories-over-fabricated-quotes |access-date=June 17, 2022 |website=The Mercury News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=June 16, 2022 |title=USA Today removes 23 stories after probe finds reporter apparently 'fabricated' quotes |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/usa-today-removes-23-stories-after-probe-finds-reporter-apparently-fabricated-quotes-1.5950148 |access-date=June 17, 2022 |website=CTVNews |language=en}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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