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.
They have two PDFs of the top 100 for 2004 & 2005 - apparently interpolated from A(udit)BC's numbers.
Life is good.
http://www.burrellesluce.com/top100/
They have two PDFs of the top 100 newsrags for 2004 & 2005 - apparently interpolated from A(udit)BC's numbers.
The papers in question are called "intermittent copies" and the rules governing these copies were tightened some time ago. These copies make up a small number of copies in a limited number of papers and the papers are required to list these papers as a separate line item.
It's a sure thing that that increase of the NYT is not in the NY metro area.
That could be because heterosexuals are leaving SF in droves, California had fewer people move in than moved out last year. Hopefully that will continue, it's hard to believe what has happened to Reagan Country since George Bush's dad took over.
Sounds like the kid has heard your response before -- When are newspapers going to stop throwing away half the community? Your comments:
A kid came to my door the other day trying to sell me a subscription to Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The conversation:
Me: Sorry, I hate the Journal.
Him: Oh, too liberal?
Me: Yep.
Him: Well, they've added some new conservative columnists lately.
Me: I get my news from the internet.
Boycott any liberal Marxist media outlet and their sponsors. Tell your friends, relatives and collegaues to do the same.
Support media outlets that give conservatives a fair forum. This simple formula is one of the best activist tactics you can employ.
You might be right for some of the papers that took the biggest hits -- dropping 16% in that small a period of time seems unlikely. Especially in an overwhelmingly liberal city. I doubt there are many conservatives in open rebellion against the newspaper in San Francisco. Still, it's possible. Who knows.
I'm amazed newspapers would stonewall conservatives to the point of going out of business ... but they are. Strange world.
LOL!
Just an FYI. I've been getting free papers, two days a week for several years, which doesn't come close to my definition of "intermittent" copies.
Your response seems to infer that the publishers self-report by filling out a form, and then are subject to be audited.
All said, I'm really not qualified to judge, so I'll trust the process is credible.
I know a lot more than when I first posted.
Thank you for taking the time.
That is true that publishers self report and then are audited, but intermittent copies are closely watched. Who knows? It is possible those copies are samples and are reported as unpaid hoping you will subscriber 7 days a week.
The WSJ's editorial section is conservative.
Too many of its pseudo reporters were hired by Al Hunt. Many of us wonder if Hunt is still setting up their polls.
This makes me feel so good:
"13. San Francisco Chronicle, 391,681, down 16.4 percent"
"Unfortunately the worst offender, the NYT, has an increased circulation according to this list."
I wonder how much of that is compted.
The medical complex building where my PT has an office, last month every office got compted with a free subscription to the Slimes.
He said that he hasn't paid for a copy of the San Francisco Gay Rhonicle for years. Also, he gets every so called weekly news mag free and has for over a decade.
ROTFLOL!!!
Makes me feel good, too!
Hard to believe some of the numbers, such as the NYslimes.
Oregonian (gag/puke) is up a little, supposedly. Well, that part of Oregon is saturated with liberal psychos.
Thanks for the info, but this does not match the info in the article. It is off by a lot on some.
Interestingly, it shows my hometown paper, the Fort Worth Startlegram to be about flat, however the Dallas Morning News is down an amazing 9.6% for daily and down 13.2% for Sundays.
Why didn't it show this in the original article of this thread? It does not even mention the Dallas Morning News, which should have been around 10th place.
Interesting.
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