by whom was the first one started?
Gannett's chairman Al Neuharth
USA Today
The genesis of "USA Today" was on February 29, 1980, when a company task force known as "Project NN" met with Gannett chairman Al Neuharth in Cocoa Beach, Florida to develop a national newspaper. 
who was the learned hand? Billings Learned Hand was an American judge and judicial philosopher. where was he born? Albany, New York, USA which college did he go to? Harvard College where is this located? Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA name a major newspaper of the first place. Cambridge Chronicle who owns this? Gannett could you please elaborate on this term? Gannett Co., Inc. is an American mass media holding company and the largest U.S. newspaper publisher do they possess assets? Yes - It owns the national newspaper "USA Today" as well as "Detroit Free Press"; "The Indianapolis Star etc
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USA Today [SEP] History
The genesis of "USA Today" was on February 29, 1980, when a company task force known as "Project NN" met with Gannett chairman Al Neuharth in Cocoa Beach, Florida to develop a national newspaper. Early regional prototypes 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. 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.