USA Today to close Washington bureau

USA Today is closing its bureau in Washington DC next year, a reader tells the Gannett blog. It will be replaced with smaller quarters when most staffers move to the paper's main offices about 17 miles away from the city in Tyson's Corner, Virginia. USA Today's retrenchment is worrying Gannett [owner of the British chain, Newsquest ]. It has suffered a sales decline of nearly 14% year-on-year and an 11% first-quarter drop in ad revenue. Source: Gannett Blog