Circulation of the nation's 20 biggest papers

AP ^ | Oct 30

[Dan from Michigan]

Circulation of the nation's 20 biggest papers The Associated Press
10/30/01 11:48 AM

Average weekday circulation of the nation's 20 biggest newspapers for the six months ended Sept. 30, with percent change from the same period last year, as reported by the Audit Bureau of Circulations.

The figures are the first to be compiled under new rules allowing publishers to count as paid circulation any copies that are sold for at least 25 percent of the basic price, including sales to third parties such as hotels and airlines. The previous limit was 50 percent of the basic price.

1. USA Today, 2,241,677, down 0.6 percent

2. The Wall Street Journal, 1,780,605, up 1.0 percent

3. The New York Times, 1,109,371, up 1.1 percent.

4. Los Angeles Times, 972,957, down 4.9 percent. (GOOD A-HOLES)

5. The Washington Post, 759,864, down 0.7 percent. (GOOD)

6. New York Daily News, 734,473, up 4.6 percent.

7. Chicago Tribune, 621,305, up 0.2 percent.

8. Newsday of New York's Long Island, 577,354 up 0.1 percent

9. Houston Chronicle, 551,854, up 1.1 percent (including Saturday circulation)

10. New York Post, 533,860, up 22 percent. (GOOD)

11. San Francisco Chronicle, 512,042, up 12 percent.

12. The Dallas Morning News, 509,562, down 0.8 percent

13. Chicago Sun-Times, 480,920, up 1.9 percent.

14. The Boston Globe, 471,199, up 0.9 percent

15. The Arizona Republic, 451,288, up 0.1 percent (including Saturday circulation)

16. The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., 410,547, up 0.7 percent.

17. Star Tribune of Minneapolis-St. Paul, 376,765, up 0.7 percent (including Saturday circulation)

18. Detroit Free Press, 371,261, up 1.2 percent

19. The Philadelphia Inquirer, 365,154, down 8.8 percent.

20. The Plain Dealer, Cleveland 359,978, down 1.3 percent

[Dan from Michigan]

The LA Slimes is the worst paper in the US.

[jalisco555]

The LA Slimes is the worst paper in the US.

You've obviously never read the Syracuse Post-Standard!

[Fred25]

The National Enquirer has the higest circulation of any newspaper in America.

CIRCULATION STATS

[rlwinston]

The worse rag is NEWSDAY or as I call it SNOOZEDAY that is a liberal rag only good for housebraking puppies or lining bird cages.

[sanchmo]

The LA Slimes is the worst paper in the US.

That's assuming, of course, that you don't consider such rags as the Village Voice, the City Paper, and other we're-so-horrendous-we-have-to-give-it-away publications a real "newspaper".

[bvw]

The Philadelphia Inquirer, 365,154, down 8.8 percent.

Hooray! The ink is distilled from the most overbearing liberal claptrap minds. Pro-abort, anti-gun, pro-Arab/anti-Israel, anti-school choice, pro-homosexuality and adoption by, rabid Dem, rabid anti-Bush, zealotly rabid anti-conservative, feverently pro-MMM and Planned Parenthood and bugged out over the totally false "overpopulation" buga-boo, pro-Rosie, pro-Sorkin, effete and elite, anti-charter school, rabidly anti-voucher, zealots of PC -- high priests of PC even.

[madison46]

I think the Dallas Morning News is a VERY good paper. All the editorials they have are very well done...and usually of the right ;-) opinion.

[jalisco555]

The worse rag is NEWSDAY or as I call it SNOOZEDAY that is a liberal rag only good for housebraking puppies or lining bird cages.

Sorry, no self-respecting bird will poop on the Syracuse Sub-Standard.

[eno_]

Intersting thing about hotels and airlines: I wonder how many freebie papers are bartered for ads. Two orders are taken, two checks written, but it is a wash. Inquiring minds want to know!

[Nonstatist]

I second that. There's nothing to read in that poor imitation of the Daily News. 98 % ads in Newsday, or seems like it anyway. What glop.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

You obviously have not enjoyed the Minneapolis "Red" Star Tribune... A more leftwing, socialist rag would be hard to find.
Its widely believed that the paper boosts it circulation by giving away Thursday, Friday and Saturday editions to folks who get the Sunday only.