in 1986, a total of 9,144 newspapers (daily, Sunday, weekly) appeared in the USA. There are about 1 700 daily and 7 500 weekly newspapers in the US. The circulation of some weeklies is no more than a few hundred of copies per issue and the circulation of some dailies is over a million of copies. The major dailies in the US are «Christian Science Monitor), «New York Times»), «USA Today», «Wall Street Journal», «Washington Post». Newspapers are published in 34 different languages. The paper with the largest circulation, The Wall Street Journal», is a very serious paper It is often said that there is no «national press»> in the United States as there is in Great Britain, for example. There are no official or government-owned newspapers in the USA. Most daily newspapers are distributed locally, or regionally. People buy one of the big city newspapers in addition to small local ones. There are also newspapers in the USA which are famous all over the world for their quality.