USA Weekend was the second largest national
weekend newspaper magazine distributed through more than 800+ newspapers in the United States and was published by
Gannett Company as a sister publication to
USA Today. The magazine's focus was on social issues, entertainment, health, food and travel. The magazine provided Newspaper In Education classroom guides to partner newspapers. The main competitor for
USA Weekend was
Advance Publications's
Parade and some individual newspaper magazines such as
The New York Times Magazine. Most Gannett newspapers by default carried
USA Weekend within their papers.