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.