Unidentified Pressman modeling the 'Pressman's Hat'. Hoping for newspaper chic to return, the L A Times is selling pressman's hat kits for 4.95 each and, for Christmas giving for the whole family, 5 for $19.95
Posted on 10/26/2009 6:21:32 AM PDT by abb
The latest FAS-FAX for the six months ending Sept. 30 is here in a matter of moments and some numbers are already trickling out. We already know about the massive 17% drop at USA Today and now there's this: Compared to the same six-month period ending September 2008, daily (Monday-Friday) circulation at The New York Times is down 7.2% to 927,851. Sunday fell 2.6% to 1,400,302.
Los Angeles Times reported daily is off 11% to 657,467 and 6.7% on Sunday to 983,702.
The San Francisco Chronicle lost more than a quarter of its daily circ, down 25.8% to 251,782. Sunday was off more than 22% to 306,705.
The Washington Post lost 39,000 copies daily, to 582,844. Daily circ at the Chicago Tribune decreased 9.7% to 465,892. Sunday was down 7.1% to 803,220.
Daily circulation at its cross town rival the Chicago Sun-Times dropped 12% to 275,641. Sunday at that paper fell 1.8% to 251,260. In a statement released this morning, the Sun-Times noted a price increase to 75 cents from 50 cents. Single-copy sales are down while daily home-delivered papers grew 5.5%.
Daily at the Newark Star-Ledger dropped 22.2% to 246,006 and 30.5% on Sunday to 316,281.
The Boston Globe's daily circ decreased 18.4% to 264,105. Sunday lost 16.9% to 418,529.
The Miami Herald reported a daily circ decline of 23% to 162,260. Sunday fell 14.6% to 238,613.
The Plain Dealer in Cleveland's daily circ was down 11.2% to 271,180 while Sunday was down 4.9% to 411,058.
ping
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/mcgraw-hill-third-quarter-profit-fell-14-2009-10-26?siteid=nbih
McGraw-Hill third-quarter profit fell 14%
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004030285
First FAS-FAX Reports: ‘NYT’ Falls Below 1 Million Daily, Chicago ‘Sun-Times’ Down 12%
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=45
SF Chronicle loses more than 25% of its daily circulation
The SF Chronicle is down by 25 percent. Will their ad rates reflect this lower circulation ?
ABB, thanks for the update. were there any winners, NY Post, WSJ, WaTimes???
Okay Nelson crank one out: “Ha ha!”
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-notv26-2009oct26,0,3602214,full.story
Pulling the TV cord yet staying plugged in
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/business/media/26stream.html?ref=business
Studios’ Quest for Life After DVDs
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/business/media/26adco.html?ref=business
Online Rally May Sidestep Newspapers
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/business/media/26spin.html?ref=business
Network Feels the Wrath of a Blogger Misled
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/technology/internet/26twitter.html?ref=business
Twitter Serves Up Ideas From Its Followers
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/towerticker/2009/10/typographical-union-agrees-to-concessions-required-for-suntimes-media-sale.html
Typographical union agrees to concessions required for Sun-Times Media sale
http://www.telegram.com/article/20091025/NEWS/910250378/0/business
Losing local press ‘not an acceptable possibility’
http://www.politico.com/blogs/michaelcalderone/1009/Brauchli_talks_change_perpetual_state_of_our_industry.html
Brauchli talks change: ‘perpetual state of our industry’
http://adage.com/mediaworks/article?article_id=139926
Top 10 Lessons to Learn From NBC’s Failing Leno Strategy
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004030291
Newspapers Across the Country Show Steep Declines in Circulation
By Jennifer Saba
Published: October 26, 2009 9:05 AM ET
NEW YORK Circulation at many of the country’s largest newspapers continued a steep slide as the Audit Bureau of Circulations released the latest figures for the six months ending September 2009 this morning, proving yet again that the industry can’t shake the dramatic declines that have taken hold over the past several years.
Compared to the same six-month period ending September 2008, daily (Monday-Friday) circulation at The New York Times is down 7.2% to 927,851. Sunday fell 2.6% to 1,400,302.
Los Angeles Times reported daily is off 11% to 657,467 and 6.7% on Sunday to 983,702.
Daily circ at the Chicago Tribune decreased 9.7% to 465,892. Sunday was down 7.1% to 803,220.
Daily circulation at its cross town rival the Chicago Sun-Times dropped 12% to 275,641. Sunday at that paper fell 1.8% to 251,260. In a statement released this morning, the Sun-Times noted a price increase to 75 cents from 50 cents. Single-copy sales are down while daily home-delivered papers grew 5.5%.
The San Francisco Chronicle lost more than a quarter of its daily circ, down 25.8% to 251,782. Sunday was off more than 22% to 306,705.
Daily at the Newark Star-Ledger dropped 22.2% to 246,006 and 30.5% on Sunday to 316,281.
The Boston Globe’s daily circ decreased 18.4% to 264,105. Sunday lost 16.9% to 418,529.
The Miami Herald reported a daily circ decline of 23% to 162,260. Sunday fell 14.6% to 238,613.
The Plain Dealer in Cleveland’s daily circ was down 11.2% to 271,180
while Sunday was down 4.9% to 411,058.
There are several reasons as to why circulation keeps dropping above the many people have kicked the print edition to the curb.
Publishers have been purposely pulling back on certain types of circulation including hotel, employee and third party sponsored copies. No longer are they distributing newspapers to the outer reaches of the core market. The cost of delivery and the cost of materials have forced publishers to scale back.
Another shift has occurred: volume has taken a back seat to dollars.
Several major newspapers across the country have aggressively hiked prices of single copy and home-delivered papers in search of circulation revenue and a renewed focus on loyal readers. Circulation is guaranteed to go down as prices go up but publishers have opted to wring more revenue from readers as advertisers keep their coffers closed.
Several newspapers companies reported that circulation revenue is one the rise. In Q3, circulation revenue grew 6.7% at McClatchy, 11% at Media General, and 6.7% at The New York Times Co.
A.H. Belo raised home-delivered subscription prices from $21 to $30 on May 1 at its flagship. Daily circulation at The Dallas Morning News dropped 20.8% and 15.5% on Sunday but executives attributed about 40% of home-delivered loss to the price rate increase. The company also trimmed back circulation in other areas as well.
When the fat is all gone and they still keep losing money.
A lot of the bankruptcy was more escaping from interest payments than revenue not meeting production costs.
I think shoppers will be with us for awhile :-)
This reminds me of one of the times I called CNN to complain about their blatant bias. I told someone at their Atlanta office that CNN’s ratings were going down because they offer no incentives whatsoever to Republicans and conservatives to tune in, other than Lou Dobbs. They could have cared less. Go FOX!!!
The Chron moves into Pennysaver territory. This is not sustainable. Who is going to want to buy ad pages that only reach 250,000 people?
I've read coverage of every liberal protest for years and years and years in USA Today ... million man this, million woman that, million liberal whatever. And our turn? The Tea Party? Crickets. NOTHING. Eff 'em/
As “Dandy” Don Meredith used to sing:
Turn out the liiiiights. The party’s oooover.
Good riddance.
Good good and good.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-tc-nw-obama-fox-1025-1026oct26,0,3741223.story
White House stance boosts Fox News
Arguing it is not a news network gave the organization ‘tremendous fodder’
http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/content_display/news/magazines-newspapers/e3i18f9fdff77fbe360a27013c0349520f8
Study: Print Media Slow in Migrating Online
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/oct/25/american-local-journalism-columbia-universit
How to save local journalism, US-style
http://www.mediapost.com/publications/?fa=Articles.showArticle&art_aid=116062
NBC: Stumbles In Late Night, Morning Up
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/366207-Sooner_or_Later_All_of_You_Will_Pay.php
Sooner or Later, All of You Will Pay
From pay walls to authentication, media executives say the era of free is about to end
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20091026/businessweeks-fire-sale-nets-mcgraw-hill-5-9-million/
BusinessWeek’s Fire Sale Nets McGraw Hill $5.9 Million, or $15,000 Per Staffer
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/carter_chutzpah_N0XQQ4AG39BpZEDG6mrl2L
Carter’s chutzpah
Vanity Fair boss gets sun as staff gets burned
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004030296
Top 25 Daily Newspapers in New FAS-FAX
By E&P Staff
Published: October 26, 2009 9:40 AM ET
NEW YORK Here are the top 25 newspapers in the country ranked by daily (Monday-Friday) circulation for the six months ending September 2009 from the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The percent change compares the same six-month period ending September 2008.
WALL STREET JOURNAL — 2,024,269 — 0.61%
USA TODAY — 1,900,116 — (-17.15%)
NEW YORK TIMES — 927,851 — (-7.28%)
LOS ANGELES TIMES — 657,467 — (-11.05%)
WASHINGTON POST — 582,844 — (-6.40%)
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS — 544,167 — (-13.98%)
NEW YORK POST — 508,042 — (-18.77%)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE — 465,892 — (-9.72%)
HOUSTON CHRONICLE — 384,419 — (-14.24%)
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER — 361,480 — N/A
NEWSDAY — 357,124 — (-5.40%)
DENVER POST — 340,949 — N/A
ARIZONA REPUBLIC — 316,874 — (-12.30%)
MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE — 304,543 — (-5.53%)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES — 275,641 — (-11.98%)
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER — 271,180 — (-11.24%)
DETROIT FREE PRESS (e) — 269,729 — (-9.56%)
BOSTON GLOBE — 264,105 — (-18.48%)
DALLAS MORNING NEWS — 263,810 — (-22.16%)
SEATTLE TIMES — 263,588 — N/A
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE — 251,782 — (-25.82%)
OREGONIAN — 249,163 — (-12.06%)
NEWARK STAR-LEDGER — 246,006 — (-22.22%)
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE — 242,705 — (-10.05%)
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES — 240,147 — (-10.70%)
I don’t have a spreadsheet set up to record the circulation declines since we’ve been doing the Dinosaur Media DeathWatch™ threads, but I think these numbers today are as bad as they have ever been. Perhaps Milhous has a historical chart.
http://online.barrons.com/article_email/SB125633654783004637-lMyQjAxMDI5NTI2NDMyMzQ2Wj.html?page=sp
This Dying Medium Has Plenty of Life
Amazingly, The Philadelphia Inquirer/ Philadelphia Daily News was bought by a group lead by a fairly conservative Republican named Brian Tierny(sp). He had a chance to adjust the ultra-leftist slant of these papers and instead assured the editorial boards/ staff there would be no such changes. The papers circulation has continued to evaporate.
What a loser.
Yesterday, I bought a Sunday Washington Post for the first time in about 15-20 years. I was astounded at its poor quality of news. It is no mystery why newspapers are declining - they have no news in them. It is a waste of trees to print it.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004030300
Overall Circ in New FAS-FAX: Down 10.6% vs. 7.1% Last Time
Published: October 26, 2009 9:50 AM ET
NEW YORK The decline in U.S. newspaper circulation is accelerating as the industry continues to struggle with reader defections to the Internet and tumbling ad revenue.
New figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations show that average daily circulation dropped 10.6 percent in the April-September period from the same six-month span in 2008.
That’s greater than the 7.1 percent decline in the October-March period.
Sunday circulation fell 7.5 percent.
As expected, The Wall Street Journal has surpassed USA Today as the top-selling newspaper in the United States.
Newspaper sales have been declining since the early 1990s, but the drop has accelerated in recent years. Circulation revenue has largely held up, though, because of price increases.
This article here was most revealing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/26/business/media/26adco.html?ref=business
Online Rally May Sidestep Newspapers
snip
Ad buyers are not convinced of the power of high-end sites, either. “They’ll tend to go for something that’s less expensive, because there’s not a lot of proof in the marketplace at this point that what one would call premium inventory — and you could put some newspaper advertising into that category — actually performs better,” said Adam Kasper, director of digital media for Havas Digital’s Media Contacts, which handles advertising for clients like Volvo. Newspaper sites work well “when you’re talking about a product launch, big announcements,” he said, “but the costs are higher for those bigger, splashier units.”
snip
Don’t worry, one paper you’ll never see die is the NYT. They get their a lot of funding from the Council on Foreign Relations.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004030314
Top 25 Sunday Newspapers in New FAS-FAX
By E&P Staff
Published: October 26, 2009 10:15 AM ET
NEW YORK Here are the top 25 newspapers in the country ranked by Sunday circulation for the six months ending September 2009 from the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The percent change compares the same six-month period ending September 2008.
NEW YORK TIMES — 1,400,302 — (-2.66%)
LOS ANGELES TIMES — 983,702 — (-6.76%)
WASHINGTON POST — 822,208 — (-5.06%)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE — 803,220 — (-7.13%)
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS — 603,671 — (-10.45%)
DETROIT FREE PRESS — 560,188 — (-7.46%)
HOUSTON CHRONICLE — 547,387 — (-6.30%)
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER — 499,140 — N/A
DENVER POST — 495,485 — (-9.16%)
MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE — 477,562 — (-8.31%)
ARIZONA REPUBLIC — 458,992 — (-0.87%)
BOSTON GLOBE — 418,529 — (-16.90%)
NEWSDAY — 413,830 — (-4.62%)
ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION — 405,549 — (-12.75%)
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH — 401,427 —(-5.23%)
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER — 390,636 — (-4.97%)
DALLAS MORNING NEWS — 390,520 — (-19.29%)
NEWARK STAR-LEDGER — 371,060 — (-18.57%)
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES — 370,050 — (-5.19%)
SEATTLE TIMES — 359,672 — (-5.93%)
NEW YORK POST — 343,361 — (-11.07%)
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL — 334,240 — (-10.97%)
BALTIMORE SUN — 322,491 — (-8.03%)
COLUMBUS DISPATCH — 316,202 — (-4.75%)
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE — 309,571 — (-9.58%)
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004030329
The Top 10 Biggest Circ GAINERS in New FAS-FAX
By E&P Staff
Published: October 26, 2009 10:40 AM ET
NEW YORK And now for change of pace: Here are the top 10 newspapers to gain daily circulation for the six months ending September 2009 with year-over-year changes, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
(Newspapers with paid circulation of 50,000 plus)
YORK (PA.) DAILY RECORD — 55,370 — 16.45%
WOMEN’S WEAR DAILY — 53,142 — 14.31%
OAKLAND (MICH.) PRESS — 68,067 — 7.26%
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL — 175,841 — 6.56%
CHATTANOOGA (TENN.) TIMES FREE PRESS — 69,569 — 2.18%
OGDEN (UTAH) STANDARD-EXAMINER — 62,062 — 1.89%
NEW HAVEN (CONN.) REGISTER — 70,559 — 0.79%
MOBILE (ALA.) PRESS-REGISTER — 92,849 — 0.75%
WALL STREET JOURNAL — 2,024,269 — 0.61%
FARGO (ND) FORUM — 50,131 — 0.39%
And again the nagging question: Why the defection to the Internet? The *real* reason too, not the symptom as defined by the very ones responsible for "The" disease.
"As expected, The Wall Street Journal has surpassed USA Today as the top-selling newspaper in the United States."
Why?
Is not the WSJ printed on dead trees using soy ink as are all others?
"Newspaper sales have been declining since the early 1990s, but the drop has accelerated in recent years."
Beginning right around the time of the Clintigula administration, his peccadillo's while not Earth shattering. Revolting for a man the peoples would've preferred to hold in high esteem.
The blizzard of spin & outright lies engineered expressly to keep his sorry ass in the Oval Office, so overwhelming even the blind could *get it*.
Americans, all of us, whether we swallowed the Koolaid (believed the "It's just about Sex" BS) or could perceived the baloney *reacted*.
And said reaction wasn't just a case of shooting the messenger, either.
Was more an instance of killing the propagandist.
"Circulation revenue has largely held up, though, because of price increases."
For a while; but, they're living on what fat they've left. Soon it'll be [financial] starvation & soon after death.
Y'know, abb?
Waiting, watching for we are nothing if not patient LOL
Ah yes, follow the trend lines. The Progressively Liberal Mediots trend line reminds me of the Limbo or “How Low Can You Go?”
The Utube link below brings a little musical Limbo enjoyment as we watch the enemies’s trend lines go down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfaQuk5tEKE&feature=related
Perhaps the auto industry will bail them out.
They can sell Morfords.
Thanks for posting, abb. Even the sports section has gone downhill. Their editorial page is horrible, as evidenced by their fawning over the likes of David Brooks and Kathleen Parker.
Their only surviving conservative, Rod Dreher, has really lost it, to the point of leaving the Catholic Church. Rod's a "conservative" nowadays, in the mold of Brooks and supporters of Dede.
Worse yet, Mark Davis still has a weekly column...blech!
Gives me a warm fuzzy - you know the feeling when you fix up one of Grandma’s Cathead Biscuits with homemade Mayhaw jelly...
http://newsosaur.blogspot.com/2009/10/record-plunge-newspaper-circ-at-pre_26.html
Record plunge: Newspaper circ at pre-WWII low
“Gives me a warm fuzzy - you know the feeling when you fix up one of Grandma’s Cathead Biscuits with homemade Mayhaw jelly...”
It is/was in the low 40’s this morning in Wino land, and this news gave me a warn/fuzzy feeling without the biscuits an jelly.
If they don't, there will be less ad-buying.
The real question is "how much of this is the general downward trend, and how much is temporary due to the recession?"
And I'm tempted to wonder, "What's temporary about this recession?"
25% of circulation..just staggering..
Does that mean we taxpaper going have bailout newspaper Probably with this admination backing
I rather get 1930s fedora than one of those hats
I thought I saw somewhere that the WSJ is
the highest circulation paper in the country.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004030470
In New FAS-FAX: Circ Clues Emerge in Detroit After Big Shift
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004030480
Rare Circulation Gainers Explain Today’s Success!
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1846488,sun-times-sale-tyree-closing-media-group-102609.article
Sun-Times sale to Tyree group complete
http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/10/newspapers-take-a-bus-plunge-circulation-plummets-10-6-percent/#more-10263
Newspapers take a bus plunge: circulation plummets 10.6 percent
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=123&aid=172379
Circulation Declines Driven by Cost-Cutting, Price Hikes, Voluntary Pullbacks
http://www.contentbridges.com/2009/10/circ-math-101-less-is-less.html
Circ Math 101: Less is Less
http://www.poynter.org/column.asp?id=55&aid=172301
Edmonds: Newspapers Risk Being Expendable
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