Posted on 11/07/2005 2:31:33 PM PST by new yorker 77
BLOODBATH LIST
Mon Nov 07 2005 11:02:35 ET
Average weekday circulation of America's 20 biggest newspapers for the six-month period ended Sept. 30, as reported Monday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. [The percentage changes are from the comparable year-ago period.]
1. USA Today, 2,296,335, down 0.59 percent
2. The Wall Street Journal, 2,083,660, down 1.10 percent
3. The New York Times, 1,126,190, up 0.46 percent
4. Los Angeles Times, 843,432, down 3.79 percent
5. New York Daily News, 688,584, down 3.70 percent
6. The Washington Post, 678,779, down 4.09 percent
7. New York Post, 662,681, down 1.74 percent
8. Chicago Tribune, 586,122, down 2.47 percent
9. Houston Chronicle, 521,419, down 6.01 percent
10. The Boston Globe, 414,225, down 8.25 percent
11. The Arizona Republic, 411,043, down 0.54 percent
12. The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., 400,092, up 0.01 percent
13. San Francisco Chronicle, 391,681, down 16.4 percent
14. Star Tribune of Minneapolis-St. Paul, 374,528, down 0.26 percent
15. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 362,426, down 8.73 percent
16. The Philadelphia Inquirer, 357,679, down 3.16 percent
17. Detroit Free Press, 341,248, down 2.18 percent
18. The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, 339,055, down 4.46 percent
19. The Oregonian, Portland, 333,515, down 1.24 percent
20. The San Diego Union-Tribune, 314,279, down 6.24 percent.
fun ping. : )
The only reason their numbers are up is because they now charge to read half of their on line content.
Here's from just before the election for reference.
Average daily circulation of nation's 20 biggest newspapers for six months ended Sept. 30
Mon Nov 01 2004 22:33:51 ET
1. USA Today, 2,309,853, up 2.8 percent
2. The Wall Street Journal, 2,106,774, up 0.8 percent
3. The New York Times, 1,121,057, up 0.2 percent
4. Los Angeles Times, 902,164, down 5.6 percent
5. New York Daily News, 715,052, down 1.6 percent
6. The Washington Post, 707,690, down 3 percent
7. New York Post, 686,207, up 5.2 percent
8. Chicago Tribune, 600,988, down 2 percent
9. Houston Chronicle, 554,783, up 0.3 percent
10. San Francisco Chronicle, 468,370, down 8.5 percent
11. The Boston Globe, 451,471, up 0.2 percent
12. The Arizona Republic, 413,268, down 4.4 percent
13. The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., 400,042, down 2.1 percent
14. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 397,097, up 3.8 percent
15. Star Tribune of Minneapolis-St. Paul, 381,094, up 0.2 percent
16. The Philadelphia Inquirer, 368,883, up 0.1 percent
17. The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, 354,309, down 3 percent
18. Detroit Free Press, 348,838, down 1.1 percent
19. The San Diego Union-Tribune, 339,032, down 3.7 percent
20. The Oregonian, Portland, 337,707, up 0.9 percent
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