Posted on 11/07/2005 8:05:57 AM PST by blogblogginaway
NEW YORK The March FAS-FAX set off landmines with reports of steep declines at many papers, most prominently some top Tribune Co. properties. The September numbers are not much more encouraging.
The Newspaper Association of America said on Monday that overall daily circulation for the six-month period ending September 2005 for 789 newspapers fell 2.6% to 45,153,192 copies. For the 627 papers analyzed, Sunday dropped 3.1% to 49,394,406.
Here are some specifics from the new FAS-FAX report -- released at 8 a.m. Monday -- compared to September 2004:
The San Francisco Chronicle's daily circ is down 16.5% to 400,906 copies, a huge drop. Sunday circulation fell 13.5% to 467,216. The Los Angeles Times is down about 3.7% Monday through Friday to 843,432 copies. On Sunday the paper reported a decrease of roughly 3.4% to 1,247,588 copies.
The Orlando Sentinel took a huge hit, with daily circulation down around 11% to 219,838. The Chicago Tribune's daily circ fell around 2.7% to 586,122 daily copies. Sunday fell 1.3% to 950,582. Circulation at The Sun in Baltimore also decreased. Daily circ is down 8.5% to 247,193 and Sunday is down 7.7% to 418,670.
The Tribune Co. expects an overall decline of 4% for daily and Sunday copies -- excluding Newsday. According to the report, Newsday numbers are "withheld pending completion of six-month audit."
At the San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, daily circ is down 3.9% to 249,090. Sunday circ fell 5.2% to 278,420. The Miami Herald is down 4.3% daily, and 3.6% on Sunday. The Philadelphia Inquirer is down about 3% with daily circ at 357,679. Sunday circ is down roughly 4.5% to 714,609. The Daily News in Philadelphia dropped almost 11% to 121,093 daily copies.
Knight Ridder said overall circulation for the company decreased about 2% for daily copies and about 3.5% for Sunday copies.
The Washington Post reported a drop in daily circulation, down 4% to 678,779. Sunday decreased roughly 4% to 965,919.
USA Today's daily circ slipped a bit, by 0.5% to 2,296,335.
The Arizona Republic in Phoenix is down slightly, 0.5% to 411,043 daily copies. Sunday circ showed declines of 2.4% to 517,699.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution dropped 8.7% to 362,436 daily copies. Sunday was down almost 5% to 570,126.
McClatchy breaks its 20-year winning streak this period. Daily circulation, it said, dropped around 1% while there was a "steeper decline" on Sunday.
The Star Tribune in Minneapolis lost a bit in daily, down 0.2% to 374,528. Sunday the paper took a hit, down 6% to 636,977.
The Boston Globe said its circulation plummeted this period. Daily circ dropped 7.7% and Sunday circ is down 7%. Executives said the Globe is managing down its "other-paid" circulation.
The New York Times reported tiny gains with daily up 0.4% and Sunday up 0.1%. The increases came mostly from the paper's national effort. Circulation for the New York City area declined.
The Wall Street Journal said in a conference call that it reported slight gains in online subscriptions. Overall circ for the paper dipped about 1% to 2,083,660.
The Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J. gained 50 daily copies, up 0.01% to 400,092.
Daily circ at the Daily News in New York dropped 3.7% to 688,584. Sunday fell slighly, 0.7% to 781,375. Meanwhile the New York Post lost daily circ, down 1.7% to 662,681. Sunday dropped 6.3% to 425,279.
I wish someone (like the Washington Times) would publish a fair and balanced national edition to compete with USA Today and give us business travellers a choice.
Sounds like a bumper sticker to me...
You have to be a moron not to realize that most of our countries newspapers have a twist to the left. Selling the agenda of the liberal left is a priority with them. Thank God most Americans can see through their disinformation and send them packing.
My guess is that somehow the decline in newspaper circulation is about the same as the number of deaths of older folks in the area. Doesn't bode well for the newspaper business.
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Time to pull out the Snoopy Dance!
Those papers are not free. The hotels have to pay for them. No newspaper can be counted in the numbers unless they are paid for. The hotels have to pay for them.
You have to admire Gannett's stragegy of building a national newspaper by selling bulk copies to hotels where customers are in a hurry and need brief news summaries. I wonder what another paper could do better...
Military Tops Public Confidence List in New Gallup Poll (June 2005)
And the good news,
The Gallup organization noted that public trust in television news and newspapers reached an all-time low this year . . .
That Karl Rove is a genius! LMAOOOOOOOOO. This could not happen at a better time. Libnuts are losing control of their beloved propaganda machine and they are goin' downnnnnnnnnnnnn!
BUAHAHAHHAHA!
Ahhh, yes...the national effort. Like the dolt from the NYT that called me at work last week to tell me about the 50% off deal they had going for subscriptions, LOL! I told her if they would knock off another 100% I might go for it, my puppy needs something with a familiar scent to crap on.
You can tie newspaper circulation declines directly to the inner city population's flight to the suburbs. Minneapolis & St. Paul are good examples. Ditto Des Moines Register. Once upon a time, this paper covered Iowa counties up the MN border. Now they cover 2 counties, Polk and Warren.
It's true. Mostly, this is about free news available on the net. The liberal bias is a contributing factor, but not the primary reason for the decline.
Party true.
But then how does one explain the trend that the few more "conservative" newspapers are holding or gaining readers, while the most left-leaning papers are hurt the worst?
But, but, but... the polls say that Bush is in trouble, republicans are in disarray, Hillary is almost presidentettteee, and everybody hates us, and Err Amerika is on Series Radio, and, and, ...
Tomorrow - Jus' vote the bastRATs out into oblivion!!
Dump Corzine!
The question is, would their circulation improve if they published real, actual, accurate information without leaving out critical facts that change the meaning of the story.
I realize it will take a long time for some of them to regain credibility since it takes a long time to build trust and moments to lose it. However, I hate to lose them altogether....I just want to see them do their freakin jobs.
A GOOD press is necessary for a free society. They've just been lazy.
Florida Today has to have taken a huge hit as well...everyone I know has cancelled that fish wrap.
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