Posted on 04/28/2010 5:02:36 AM PDT by highlander_UW
The top 25 U.S. newspapers by average weekday and Sunday circulation from October 2009 through March. The percentage changes are from the same six-month span last year.
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Wall Street Journal - up slightly
Everyone else - down (except the Sunday edition of the St. Petersburg Times). Could it be because the Journal has an editorial page that is NOT chock-full of Marxists masquerading as editors?
I wonder how a smaller paper like the Chattanooga Times Free Press has done over the last couple of years.
I only get my local because it is supplied free via the “newspapers in school” program, which only helps to float it’s circulation.
Even out here in the conservatively slanted “boonies”, the press has to angle left.
Curiously, there are no longer any advertisements for real estate and cars. At one point this year, I found a paper with absolutely no revenue generating advertisements with exception to classifieds.
I don’t know how they can stay in business.
“OK, I mad that last part up”
Don’t sweat it,...if we can arrive at a consensus it will become fact!
Eighty Uses for Old Newspaper
1. use as umbrella when caught in rain.
2. protect carseats from muddy or wet clothing.
3. spread over outdoor benches to protect clothing.
4. put into loose shoes to tighten.
5. stuff in leather shoes to preserve shape.
6. stuff in wet shoes overnight to dry and deodorize.
7. crumple and place in suitcase for couple of weeks to remove stale odors.
8. use as mat when polishing shoes.
9. stuff hats to keep their shape.
10. stuff leather handbags in storage.
11. wrap around candle bottoms so they’ll fit holders tighter.
12. store records between sheets.
13. use as padding under a table cloth.
14. cover store windows when remodeling.
15. cover furniture when away on vacation.
16. cover furniture when sanding or painting.
17. spread on floor underneath rug when shampooing.
18. dampen and spread over window-panes before painting.
19. use to dry and polish window after washing.
20. dampen a bit and use to clean typewriter keys.
21. make a hat when painting.
22. fold to make a sheath for a knife.
23. place in closed windows to eliminate wind rattle.
24. stuff under doors and in cracks to stop cold wind from coming in.
25. use as a bounce reflector when taking flash photographs or use to reflect sunlight into shadow areas.
26. place a sheet in jar tops to tighten loose lids.
27. make unusual lamp shades.
28. make dress patterns.
29. protect table when children are painting or gluing.
30. use as wallpaper for a doll house.
31. make paper chains.
32. make paper dolls.
33. make paper mache handicrafts.
34. make kites.
35. make party hats.
36. occupy children by letting them color and paint the cartoons.
37. make a child’s play tent.
38. use to raise height of child at table.
39. use as a stepstool.
40. cut out articles and make a scrap book on a specific. subject of interest to you.
41. emergency pot holder.
42. use to remove heavy grease from oven.
43. emergency dust pan.
44. roll, secure in middle with elastic and fringe one end to use to get rid of cobwebs.
45. start fires.
46. use as a fan to make fires burn better.
47. sharpen pencils by rubbing the point on newspaper.
48. muffle a loud alarm clock.
49. muffle the sound of a typewriter by using as a mat underneath.
50. place under heavy objects on wooden tables.
51. spread out between garden rows to discourage weeds.
52. use to wrap green tomatoes to ripen.
53. cover plants during a frost.
54. use as a knee pad when gardening or scrubbing floors.
55. roll and use as a funnel.
56. roll and use as a torch.
57. roll and use as a megaphone outdoors.
58. use folded sheets as a fan to keep cool.
59. use as sun shade at spectator events.
60. use as a mat for wet darkroom photographs.
61. shred and stuff in vases to help support fresh flowers.
62. put under car wheels when stuck in snow, mud or sand.
63. line storage boxes.
64. line bottom of bird cage.
65. line shelves.
66. line waste baskets.
67. line a pet’s sleeping box.
68. swat flies with rolled up sheets.
69. use to wipe paint brushes.
70. use as mat for wet, muddy boots.
71. shred and use for packing breakables.
72. wrap and store Christmas tree ornaments.
73. wrap around ice cream to keep frozen.
74. roll around baby bottle to insulate.
75. use as a blotter.
76. put inside coat for emergency warmth.
77. place on top of snow with bird feed on it.
78. place on windshield to prevent icing.
79. make a litter bag for your car.
80. crumple (no colors) and place in plastic containers to eliminate odors
Death panels for newspapers. Quelle surprise.
Of course those "free" papers are paid for with tax money.
Curiously, there are no longer any advertisements for real estate and cars. At one point this year, I found a paper with absolutely no revenue generating advertisements with exception to classifieds. I don’t know how they can stay in business.
I really wonder about the owners of papers...do they really prefer losing vast amounts of money to promote a political agenda? I guess that's a rhetorical question as it's obvious through their actions that they do. But calling them "news" is really a misnomer.
I’d bet The Washington Times has lost readership, but they have reset themselves and are gearing toward being an online paper.
Industries now backed by the Fed used to be revenue generating advertisers ~ an excellent source of positive cash flow ~ now, the peasants, who buy the stuff that is advertised are out of work or out of cash.
It doesn’t matter what the political agenda of the paper is without money outside that of the circulation it can’t last.
I would say these are uses for new newspapers. They are not worth reading.
Agreed.
2) We, as a society, will come to regret loosing a potential independent auditor of the activities of an increasingly intrusive government. Local government in particular will be free of effective accountability.
Also agreed, although the problem is, they are doing a horrifically poor job of this as it is, which is one of the major contributors to their decline (although not the only one).
3) The new on-line media will have a hard time filling this void. Presently many on-line outlets use the resources of the old media but do not help cover the costs of the material they use. National political figures and actions can still be covered, but local events will lack the critical mass of interest and attention needed to provide effective coverage.
Also agreed...there isn't a strongly viable alternative in place as yet. The business model isn't clearly established. I have some ideas on this but the bias of the MSM would preclude them hiring a conservative, even ones who could help save them.
“It doesn’t matter what the political agenda of the paper is without money outside that of the circulation it can’t last.”
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Wow - not even with a government “bailout”?
Personally, I can hardly wait for the government to take over the newspapers. I worry all the time that those lefty “reporters” might not have lifetime job security, a Cadillac health care plan and early retirement with golden pensions.
Excellent! This is what you Piece Of S**T Newspapers get for goose-stepping forward to the tune that YOUR Communist In Chief is beating.
You have successfully alienated at least 1/2 the population (the same people you want to buy your papers and sell advertising to).
As if that weren’t bad enough, you compound the problem by NOT taking a neutral stance and simply report the news, as requested countless times. Just give us the news, WE’LL make up our mind as to what we think.
You force-feed us what YOU want us to think. You tout the Party Line, even cover-up the entire story, simply to make anything conservative look bad.
Up here in Duluth,Mn., the local (I hesitate to call it an actual Newspaper) rag went so far as to call for an end to violence from Tea Party participants. This is a well known tactic of the LIBERAL/PROGRESSIVE movement. (If you repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth) The simple fact of the matter is there has never been an act of violence by any tea party member. All violence has been committed by the LEFT. YOU WONT SEE THAT ON ANY NEWSPAPER PAGE.
While you continue to lay off workers, while you continue to loose advertising revenue, while you continue to forfeit subscriptions, ALL FOR THE SAKE OF BEING ONE OF OBAMAS STATE RUN MEDIA, all for the sake of trying to MAKE THE NEWS instead of simply reporting it, I laugh at you.
My advice to you is to die, and die quickly. The sooner we can start building a new and properly run media outlet, the better. And when we do, there will be one sign outside.
LIBERALS NEED NOT APPLY
Wall Street Journal: Up.
LA Times: Down 14.7%
Washington Post: Down 13.1%
NY Daily News: Down 11.3%
Dallas Morning News: Down 21.5% (With Bush gone, no-one in the Northeast reads them anymore.)
San Francisco Chronicle: Down 22.7%
Houston Chronicle: Down 13.8%
NY Times: Down 8.5%
USA Today: Down 13.6%
I guess the Obama Economic Miracle hasn’t hit the dead-tree press.
Smaller, more local-focused papers have been faring somewhat better, which is interesting to me, because you might have thought that Craig’s List, etc., would have destroyed them. Their mainstays were Classifieds, Sports and Weather. And Classifieds, Sports, and Weather are all on the internet, now.
If there were a Grey Lady Toilet Paper on the market (made exclusively from recycled copies of the New York Times) I would buy it.
Burrito supper Saturday night, February’s Paul Krugman column Sunday morning. Works for me.
And the illegal immigrants that are filling up Los Angeles don’t read newspapers...it may help the politicians but news papers are only good for wrapping fish and the bottom of bird cages.
The Boston Globe is not even in the top 25 anymore. Amazing.
From the Globe:
The Globe’s daily circulation fell 23.2 percent to 232,432 in the six-month period that ended in March, compared to the same period a year ago, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The Globe’s Sunday circulation dropped 18.8 percent to 378,949. Weekday circulation at the Herald fell 12 percent to 132,551, while Sunday declined 4.6 percent to 91,040
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