The Wall Street Journal is considered the most widely-read periodical in the nation's business and investment community. Information in the paper is also distributed to many Dow Jones outlets, including news service and specialized financial and commodity reports. The lead time for feature and news coverage is one day to one week. The lead time for The Wall Street Journal Reports is three to five months, although stories are often developed during the two or three months immediately preceding the issue. The lead time for Marketplace and Enterprise is two months. Deadlines are at 5:30pm ET for in-depth business and Marketplace stories and 3pm ET for shorter stories.

The Boston Globe focuses on news for the general public in the New England area as well as state, national and international news. Other coverage areas include business, healthcare, technology, features, lifestyle, arts and sports. There is also an emphasis on regional and suburban coverage. Lead times vary depending on the department.

New York Post is a tabloid-format newspaper aimed at the general public in the New York City area. The publication covers local and regional news, business, sports, entertainment, celebrities, fashion and travel.

Star Tribune is a broadsheet written for the general public in the Twin Cities. There are separate Minneapolis and St. Paul editions. Although they focus on news in their respective regions, both editions offer the same international, national, state, metro and consumer news.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) is the leading general interest daily paper in Atlanta. The Atlanta Constitution was founded in 1868 and the Atlanta Journal was founded in 1883. The two papers combined weekend sections in 1950, but did not fully combine until 2001. The paper covers world and local news as well as sports, entertainment, weather, business and travel. In August 2009, the paper joined a national sports content-sharing alliance with several other papers across the country. The paper also offers multiple special sections, including a weekend arts section. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the winner of multiple Society of Newspaper Design gold medals in 1993 and eight Pulitzer Prizes. Op-eds are limited to 750 words or less. The outlet offers RSS (Really Simple Syndication).