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DRUDGE: Newspaper Circulation BLOODBATH LIST (From the Papers who Claim Bush's Approval is Down)
Drudge Report ^ | November 7, 2005

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: circulation; hasbeenmedia; lat; liberalmedia; newspapers; seattle; wa; washingtonstate; wp
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To: cowtowney
http://www.burrellesluce.com/top100/

They have two PDFs of the top 100 for 2004 & 2005 - apparently interpolated from A(udit)BC's numbers.

81 posted on 11/07/2005 7:24:12 PM PST by an amused spectator (If Social Security isn't broken, then cut me a check for the cash I have into it.)
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To: new yorker 77; Timesink; martin_fierro; reformed_democrat; Loyalist; =Intervention=; PianoMan; ...
Media Schadenfreude PING.

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.

82 posted on 11/07/2005 7:38:15 PM PST by an amused spectator (If Social Security isn't broken, then cut me a check for the cash I have into it.)
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To: riskybiz
The link is accessabc.com. That is for the Audit Bureau of Circulations, which is the independent agency that makes the rules on how newspapers count paid papers. The agency also audits the papers, magazines, etc. that are members of ABC, which is almost all publications.

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.

83 posted on 11/07/2005 7:53:21 PM PST by Dave W
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To: okstate

It's a sure thing that that increase of the NYT is not in the NY metro area.


84 posted on 11/07/2005 8:01:56 PM PST by njmaugbill
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To: Jhensy

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.


85 posted on 11/07/2005 8:09:08 PM PST by TheEaglehasLanded
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To: T.Smith

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.


86 posted on 11/07/2005 8:13:31 PM PST by GOPJ
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To: new yorker 77

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.


87 posted on 11/07/2005 8:16:35 PM PST by Dont_Tread_On_Me_888 (Bush's #1 priority Africa. #2 priority appease Fox and Mexico . . . USA priority #64.)
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To: Ben Mugged
Could this be an adjustment resulting from that criticism or has that adjustment already taken place?

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.

88 posted on 11/07/2005 8:25:53 PM PST by GOPJ
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To: Jhensy

LOL!


89 posted on 11/07/2005 8:30:10 PM PST by pbear8 (France is guilty of regicide)
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To: Dave W

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.


90 posted on 11/07/2005 8:38:05 PM PST by riskybiz
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To: riskybiz

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.


91 posted on 11/07/2005 8:46:47 PM PST by Dave W
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To: new yorker 77
I don't think a lot of former investors in the NY Slimes feel that the NY Slimes is doing better. Their stock is falling like a wounded duck with bird flu.


92 posted on 11/07/2005 11:16:03 PM PST by Grampa Dave (MSM pseudo reporters use "could, may, and might" when they are lying and spinning.)
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To: ez

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.


93 posted on 11/07/2005 11:17:28 PM PST by Grampa Dave (MSM pseudo reporters use "could, may, and might" when they are lying and spinning.)
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To: new yorker 77; little jeremiah; tubebender; steelie

This makes me feel so good:

"13. San Francisco Chronicle, 391,681, down 16.4 percent"


94 posted on 11/07/2005 11:19:33 PM PST by Grampa Dave (MSM pseudo reporters use "could, may, and might" when they are lying and spinning.)
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To: hsalaw
Yes, I been offered a month free, if I subscribe for six months at half price with Sundays free.
95 posted on 11/07/2005 11:21:28 PM PST by razorback-bert
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To: okstate

"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.


96 posted on 11/07/2005 11:25:21 PM PST by Grampa Dave (MSM pseudo reporters use "could, may, and might" when they are lying and spinning.)
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To: T.Smith

ROTFLOL!!!


97 posted on 11/07/2005 11:33:17 PM PST by little jeremiah
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To: Grampa Dave

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.


98 posted on 11/07/2005 11:35:30 PM PST by little jeremiah
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To: kublia khan
I treasure those "postage paid" envelopes. I always open the junk mail to find them.

You can use those to get rid of all the rest of you junk mail. Just stuff them full of crap and send em in.

They have to pay far more than regular postage when they receive your garbage, and who knows, they might be interested in the plate of the month club or a gym membership.
99 posted on 11/08/2005 1:33:22 AM PST by Beagle8U (An "Earth First" kinda guy ( when we finish logging here, we'll start on the other planets.)
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To: an amused spectator

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.


100 posted on 11/08/2005 8:04:12 AM PST by cowtowney
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