DRUDGE: Newspaper Circulation BLOODBATH LIST (From the Papers who Claim Bush's Approval is Down)

Drudge Report ^ | November 7, 2005

[an amused spectator]

http://www.burrellesluce.com/top100/

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

[an amused spectator]

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.

[Dave W]

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.

[njmaugbill]

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

[TheEaglehasLanded]

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.

[GOPJ]

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.

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

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.

[GOPJ]

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.

[pbear8]

LOL!

[riskybiz]

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.

[Dave W]

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.

[Grampa Dave]

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.

[Grampa Dave]

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.

[Grampa Dave]

This makes me feel so good:

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

[razorback-bert]

Yes, I been offered a month free, if I subscribe for six months at half price with Sundays free.

[Grampa Dave]

"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.

[little jeremiah]

ROTFLOL!!!

[little jeremiah]

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.

[Beagle8U]

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.

[cowtowney]

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.