---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001579684-26-000050"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "TDAY"
cik: "0001579684"
company_name: "USA TODAY Co., Inc."
filed_at: "2026-09-15T12:21:32+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-09-15T12:25:06.879686+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# USA TODAY Co. appoints Babbel CEO Tim Allen to board, expanding board to nine

## Summary
- Tim Allen, CEO of Babbel, appointed as independent director effective September 15, 2026.
- Board size increased from eight to nine; Allen will serve through the 2027 annual meeting.
- Allen joins Audit and Transformation Committees; receives standard pro-rated non-employee director pay.
- Allen previously led Care.com and Ask.com; was GM of Product Management at Vimeo.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001579684-26-000050
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: TDAY
- cik: 0001579684
- company_name: USA TODAY Co., Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-09-15T12:21:32+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000157968426000050/0001579684-26-000050-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000157968426000050/tday-20260915.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001579684-26-000050
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001579684-26-000050.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001579684-26-000050.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Timothy Allen was appointed as member of the Board at USA TODAY Co., Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: member of the Board
  source text: On September 15, 2026 , the Board of Directors (the "Board") of USA TODAY Co., Inc. (the "Company") increased the size of the Board from eight to nine directors and appointed Timothy Allen as a member of the Board, effective as of such date.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1579684/000157968426000050/0001579684-26-000050-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.