More [Newspaper] Circulation Declines, Particularly at Metro Dailies

E&P/AP ^ | May 8 06 | Editor & Publisher and AP

[churchillbuff]

USA Today reported slight gains -- """

They're selling them at the McDonalds near my house, and sometimes I'll buy one.

[Pittsburg Phil]

Good - let these liberal rags sink.

[Sam Cree]

Could be that people are less inclined to read than they once were. I wonder if literacy is declining or whether we are just happier with electronic media these days. Maybe a combination of the two things. I'm fairly sure that standards have been lowered at schools, but I also imagine that the studen population has increased.

[zerosix]

"Thank you Lord for the blessing."

[rj45mis]

Daily circulation at The New York Times was up 0.5% to 1,142,464.

This saddens me to see more victims added to the liberal roster.

[pabianice]

Yesterday, the Boston Globe, that staunch guardian of the news and all things liberal, ran on Page 1 its in-depth analysis of why Patrick Kennedy should not be held responsible for his career of drug abuse, violence, and incompetence. The Globe carefully explained how Ambien makes its user not responsible for his behavior, and how a Kennedy can never be held responsible for his behavior because one of them was once president. The Globe set the world standard in hypocricy in 1969 when, the week Ted Kennedy killed Mary Jo Kopechni, the Globe ran on the front page of that week's Sunday edition, a big picture of Ted giving roses to his mother on the porch of one of the family mansions.

Watching the Boston Globe tank is one of my greater pleasures.

[VaBthang4]

What they are doing is smoke and mirrors.

They get a large chunk of their business from hotels and motels. They sell them in bulk [at a cheaper rate] to the hotels for their guests.

Let me know who has revenue increasing.

[Freee-dame]

Daily circulation at The New York Times was up 0.5% to 1,142,464.

Circulation probably includes all the free copies given away. It would be interesting to see numbers on paid subscriptions.

[D-Chivas]

Daily circulation at The New York Times was up 0.5% to 1,142,464.

I find this hard to believe. They can't even tell the truth in their pages much less factcheck, so there's no reason I believe their surely phony and inflated ciruclation figures.

[Cowboy Bob]

This saddens me to see more victims added to the liberal roster.

The NYT has been doing lots national advertising (I've seen many commercials here in Tucson, AZ). Perhaps that caused the 0.5% increase in circulation. Do the costs in advertising offset the gain in circulation? I doubt it...

[Milhous]

Looks like Drudge's source. MSMWOES added.

[gusopol3]

I buy it because you don't know what the spin is going to be unless you follow the spinmeisters some of the time. For close to 40 years, I've never been able to figure out why consrvatives are neither as energetic nor effective as the left in getting out our side.

[Milhous]

Yesterday, the Boston Globe, that staunch guardian of the news and all things liberal, ran on Page 1 its in-depth analysis of why Patrick Kennedy should not be held responsible for his career of drug abuse, violence, and incompetence.

Kudos to the Globe for bolstering the case for McKinney as Democrat plantation poster girl.

Patrick Kennedy and Cynthia McKinney

Cynthia McKinney’s reaction to the obvious and blatant favoritism enjoyed by Patrick Kennedy is likely to be something to savor.

She is already on the record about the indignities she received at the hand of a white cop.

But now she sees that for the white boy, supervisors stepped in, relieving the officers at the scene and driving the staggering Kennedy home.

She faces potential legal jeopardy, and now a rich white boy walks away without so much as a breathalyzer test from circumstances that would ordinarily demand a drunk driving investigation.

[finnman69]

I'm getting Slimes subscribtion offers again. I cancelled 4 years ago.

[Richard Kimball]

I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last week, and the newspaper was dropped at the door every morning. There was a note that said they'd drop 8 cents a night if you didn't want the paper, which tells me what they're paying per copy. I'd bet well over 50% of USA Today's circulation is to travellers who get it gratis. They're also frequently in restaurants, free for reading to patrons.

I think laptops are just a couple of generations away from replacing the giveaway newspapers in these areas. Unfortunately, it will be like the political parties. When the Republicans started winning, Rats changed to Republican, but didn't change their politics. All these newspaper Marxists will go online. The delivery method will change, but Molly Ivins wannabes will still be around.

[Beckwith]

USA Today reported slight gains

Probably due to the free copies they give out at every hotel in the country.

[Sarastro]

Kennedy vs. McKinney

The cases are not equivalent, though McKinney's interest is to conflate them. Note:

(1) McKinney was not recognized as a member of Congress (she doesn't exactly look the part AND she was not wearing her ID) while Kennedy was recognized.

(2) McKinney [allegedly] assaulted an officer while Kennedy did not.

I don't think Kennedy should have been spared the Breathalyzer test and am not condoning his behavior, but I don't see McKinney's cause for complaint, and I certainly don't see any racial angle.

[Sarastro]

Oops -- off topic! Sorry....

[Grampa Dave]

"Watching the Boston Globe tank is one of my greater pleasures."

Thanks to the Globe, the DC Compost and NY Slimes, Ted Kennedy was able to remain as a $inator after the death of Mary Jo. He would have been removed as a $inator if the MSM hadn't spent millions and millions to save his sorry butt.

Without Kennedy as Kerry's mentor before and after Kerry served in Nam, the outcome of the war might have been different and many of the problems we face today.

The tanking of the Globus is celebrated by many of us.