U.S. News & World Report

U.S. News & World Report is a weekly newsmagazine from Washington, D.C.. It was founded in 1933 as United States News, which in 1948 merged with World Report. The magazine's founder, David Lawrence (1888–1973), sold it to his employees. In 1984, it was purchased by Mortimer Zuckerman, who is also the co-publisher of the New York Daily News.

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Newsmagazine - Washington, D.C. - 1933 - 1948 - 1984 - Mortimer Zuckerman - New York Daily News

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Its two primary competitors—both of which have greater circulation—are Time and Newsweek. It is generally considered to have a more right-of-center editorial point of view than the two others. It has also marketed itself as being a serious-minded journal more consistently focused on important matters than its competitors, at times directly criticizing their occasional cover stories on celebrity or entertainment news.

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Competitors - Time - Newsweek - Editorial

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Since 1983, the magazine has published a well-known and controversial annual list of college and university rankings. Much of the data in this annual publication is provided by institutional researchers at each colleges and universities. The magazine also publishes similar rankings for hospitals.

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1983 - College and university rankings - Institutional research - Hospital

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