[baystaterebel]

I think the only reason the Gray Old Hag is up is only because of its highly aggressive subscription drive which basically gives the paper away. They call my house in MA at least once a month pleading and begging me to subscribe. I will bet you there are mounds of this paper that go unread and undistributed that are being counted as sales.

10-1 says that the NYT is caught fudging its numbers within a year. Ad Companies will be curious as to how the NYT managed to float while the others are sinking. They have been screwed a few times already and will be looking for savings.

[speedy]

Jayson Blair must be the new circulation manager for the Times. Even at that, it is comforting to note that the Wall Street Journal's circulation is nearly double that of the Times, and both are sold more or less nationally. And the continued plummeting of the LA Times is a thing of beauty -- they lost so many subscribers in the late 90s, I thought they had bottomed out, but maybe the bottom is still a long way down. Good news all around.

[clearlight]

Aren't those telemarketing calls a nuisance? The Gannett paper in my area, the Wilmington News-Journal, used to telemarket relentlessly. It's a poorly written, anti-Republican, left-wing multiculturalist propaganda mouthpiece. Even the local liberals I talk to who read it say that it's a sorry paper (even if they agree with the editorial staff). Without advertising, this paper would be sunk, because they certainly don't have good circulation.