Posted on 04/28/2008 5:23:03 AM PDT by abb
NEW YORK Print circulation continues on its steep downward slide, the Audit Bureau of Circulations revealed this morning in releasing the latest numbers for some of the country's largest dailies for the six-month period ending March 31, 2008. When a full analysis appears it is expected to find, according to sources, the biggest dip yet, about 3.5% daily and 4.5 for Sunday.
The following circulation compares the new data to the same period a year ago. Daily circulation is the Monday-Friday average.
--The New York Times lost more than 150,000 copies on Sunday. Circulation on that day fell a whopping 9.2% to 1,476,400. The paper's daily circulation declined 3.8% to 1,077,256.
--At the Washington Post, daily circulation decreased 3.5% to 673,180 and Sunday dropped 4.3% to 890,163.
--Meanwhile daily circulation at The Wall Street Journal grew a fraction of a percent, up 0.3% to 2,069,463 copies. USA Today experienced a similar increase. Circulation was up at the national daily 2.7% to 2,284,219.
--Daily circulation at The Orange County Register plunged 11.9% to 250,724 and Sunday fell 5.3% to 311,982.
--In Los Angeles, the Times lost more than 40,000 daily copies. Daily circulation there was down 5.1% to 773,884. Sunday declined 3.0% to 1,101,981.
--The San Francisco Chronicle reported that daily circulation dropped 4.2% to 370,345 while Sunday dropped 3.0% to 424,603.
--The Boston Globe's daily circulation fell 8.3% to 350,605. Sunday declined 6.4% to 525,959.
--The Miami Herald reported daily circulation lost more than 11% with 240,223 copies while Sunday dropped 9% to 311,245.
--Daily circulation at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution declined 8.5% to 326,907 while Sunday fell 5.0% to 497,149.
Jennifer Saba (jsaba@editorandpublisher.com) is E&P's associate editor.
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I don’t consider the decline of print media good news. eMedia is too-easily revisable. Set facts in stone.
Considering the plethora of vapid sensationalist print publications available **and selling** at supermarket checkout stands, newspapers could **hypothetically** compete with these by differentiating and actually reporting on substantitive news.
One wonders why publishing company shareholders aren’t asking these questions, firmly.
Your point is well taken, but print media (DBM) is full of lies, deception, and bias beyond anything we've ever seen. Yes, set facts in stone, but you have to do it with credible, proven reporting.
Set facts in stone, set liars in chains! ;^)
“—Daily circulation at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution declined 8.5% to 326,907 while Sunday fell 5.0% to 497,149.”
....5.5 million people in greater metro Atlanta and this is the best the AJ-C can do?!!
GRRRRREAT news! A growing segment of society is discerning truth from spin/slant/bias/BS.
Top 25 Daily Newspapers in Today’s FAS-FAX
By E&P Staff
Published: April 28, 2008 8:45 AM ET
NEW YORK Here is how the top 25 daily papers performed in today’s FAS-FAX report from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.
It covers the six-month period ending this past March 31 and is subject to audit.
Total Paid Daily Circulation, Average Monday-Friday
Newspaper Name — As of 03/31/08 — As of 03/31/07 — % Change
USA TODAY: 2,284,219 — 2,278,022 — 0.27%
WALL STREET JOURNAL: 2,069,463 — 2,062,312 — 0.35%
NEW YORK TIMES: 1,077,256 — 1,120,420 - (-3.85%)
LOS ANGELES TIMES: 773,884 — 815,723 — (-5.13%)
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS: 703,137 — 718,173 — (-2.09%)
NEW YORK POST: 702,488 — 724,748 — (-3.07%)
WASHINGTON POST: 673,180 — 698,116 — (-3.57%)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE: 541,663 — 566,827 — (-4.44%)
HOUSTON CHRONICLE: 494,131 — 503,114 — (-1.79%)
ARIZONA REPUBLIC: 413,332 — 433,731 — (-4.70%)
NEWSDAY: 379,613 — 398,231 — (-4.68%)
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: 370,345 — 386,564 — (-4.20%)
DALLAS MORNING MORNING NEWS: 368,313 — 411,920 — (-10.59%)
BOSTON GLOBE: 350,605 — 382,503 — (-8.34%)
NEWARK STAR-LEDGER: 345,130 — 372,629 — (-7.38%)
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: 334,150 — 352,193 — (-5.12%)
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER: 330,280 — 344,705 — (-4.18%)
ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION: 326,907 — 357,399 — (-8.53%)
MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE: 321,984 — 345,252 — (-6.74%)
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES: 316,007 — 322,771 — (-2.10%)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: 312,274 — N/A — N/A
DETROIT FREE PRESS: 308,944 — 330,242 — (-6.45%)
OREGONIAN: 304,399 — 319,624 — (-4.76%)
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE: 288,669 — 296,331 — (-2.59%)
SACRAMENTO BEE: 268,755 — 279,032 — (-3.68%)
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Meanwhile, The NY Times--the "newspaper of record" of the United States of America, only has about one million readers in the whole country. Yet, every single liberal believes that "everybody reads The Times."
Most stories produced by corporate drones working for a couple dozen mass media companies (families) seem suspect to me by their very nature. YMMV.
Given that most of what is printed by today’s “Journalists” is misleading, dishonest or out right false, perhaps it would be better NOT to have things “set in stone” by the Print media.
Referring to the NY Times, who he read "declined to buy a table to this event because in their opinion it demeanded the media"..
"Oh, really , he said "I thought that Jayson Blair and Judith Miller had already taken care of that.."
The crowd equally roared and groaned..
BTW..the entire show is worth watching. Bush was excellent, and at the end, wathing him conduct the Marine Band ("The President's Own..") in the Washington Post March..is a blast
http://www.washtimesherald.com/opinion/local_story_116223846.html?keyword=topstory
Newspaper to soon be delivered by U.S. mail
By Ron Smith, Publisher
— My first exposure to the business world was as a paper boy for the Terre Haute Tribune when I was 10 years old. In those days, it was the only way for me to purchase things that a boy would need like the latest Topps baseball cards, a good soda and the best candy that could keep me at the proper hyperkinetic frenzy. My employment options were limited, and I enjoyed delivering the daily news to my friends and neighbors. I parlayed that time spent as a carrier into a career in the newspaper industry. I have seen many changes in my more than 25 years in the business, some for the better and some for the worse. Because of today’s environment, I am not sure a child’s first thought for extra spending money is delivering the local paper. It was an era that passed us a few years ago.
With this in mind, we must adjust our business model to stay competitive and affordable in today’s market. With the rising cost of delivery to our customers, the Washington Times-Herald has made the decision to switch to the U.S. Post Office for delivery of the newspaper to our customers.
What does this mean to subscribers of the Times-Herald? It means you will receive same day delivery of your newspaper, and you will receive it with your daily mail. We will still have the best local news, advertising specials and sports that you are getting today. The price of the newspaper will stay the same.
For years, newspapers have contracted delivery out to individuals who were looking to make some extra money. The rising gas prices and high newsprint costs have forced us to look to alternative ways for our readers to receive our product. Because of this and a number of factors, we have decided to put our trust for delivery of your newspaper in your Post Office.
I would like to thank all the carriers who have delivered the Times-Herald all these years. I would also like to thank the Washington Post Office, which has been very helpful in working with us on this project. I look forward to our future partnership.
I want to emphasize that you will receive your newspaper the same day it is published. It is important for us to give the same great service that your carriers have provided these past several years. The switch to postal delivery will officially take place on June 2, 2008, although as carrier routes open we will switch some customers in the northern part of Daviess County beginning May 1.
rsmith@washtimesherald.com
“Meanwhile, The NY Times—the “newspaper of record” of the United States of America, only has about one million readers in the whole country. Yet, every single liberal believes that “everybody reads The Times.”
How much of that out of town circulation are required reading for college students?
How much of the out of town circulation is a semi freebe that is delivered with the regional rag to doctors, dentists and other offices for next to nothing? This morning my wife will go to work in a medical/dental office complex with unwanted Frisco GayRhonicles and NY Slimes copies dumped at one of the 4 entrances at the complex. I’m sure that scene will replicated across the nation.
Even with the inflated subscribers, as you noted, the Enronned daily total is only about one million copies in a country with our population.
“Meanwhile, The NY Times—the “newspaper of record” of the United States of America, only has about one million readers in the whole country. Yet, every single liberal believes that “everybody reads The Times.”
....GOOD POINT!!...more and more Americans are catching on to the idea that the NYT really only represents the liberal outlook of a group of well-to-do folks in Manhattan...
It is an embarassing collection of badly truncated wire stories, some inaccurately reported local news, and puerile liberal commentary from a third-rate editorial staff.
The people who actually subscribe get it for the comics and the coupons. There are plenty of "gimme" papers like the Neighbor chain, Creative Loafing, and smaller community papers if you need something to line the birdcage or mask a painting project.
Top 25 Sunday Newspapers in New FAS-FAX
By E&P Staff
Published: April 28, 2008 9:00 AM ET
NEW YORK Here is how the top 25 Sunday newspapers are ranked, and how they performed, according to the new FAS-FAX from the Audit Bureau of Circulations released this morning.
It covers the six-month period ending on March 31 and is subject to audit.
Average Sunday Circulation at Top 25 U.S. Daily Newspapers
Newspaper Name — As of 03/31/08 — As of 03/31/07 — % Change
THE NEW YORK TIMES: 1,476,400 — 1,627,062 — (-9.26%)
LOS ANGELES TIMES: 1,101,981 — 1,173,095 — (-6.06%)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE: 898,703 — 940,621 — (-4.46%)
THE WASHINGTON POST: 890,163 — 930,989 — (-4.39%)
DAILY NEWS, NEW YORK: — 704,157 — 775,544 — (-9.20%)
HOUSTON CHRONICLE: 632,797 — 677,425 — (-6.59%)
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: 630,665 — 672,953 — (-6.28%)
DETROIT FREE PRESS: 606,374 — 639,531 — (-5.18%)
DENVER POST/ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS: 600,026 — 704,169 — (-14.79%)
STAR TRIBUNE, MINNEAPOLIS: 534,063 — 574,385 — (-7.02%)
BOSTON GLOBE: 525,959 — 562,273 — (-6.46%)
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS: 520,215 — 563,079 — (-7.61%)
THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC: 515,523 — 541,757 — (-4.84%)
NEWARK STAR-LEDGER: 500,382 — 570,523 — (-12.29%)
THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION: 497,149 — 523,687 — (-5.07%)
NEWSDAY: 441,728 — 464,169 — (-4.83%)
ST. PETERSBURG (FLA.) TIMES: 432,779 — 430,893 — 0.44%
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER: 428,090 — 442,482 — (-3.25%)
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE: 424,603 — 438,006 — (-3.06%)
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH: 414,564 — 407,754 — 1.67%
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, TIMES: 409,231 — 423,634 — (-3.40%)
NEW YORK POST: 401,315 — 439,202 — (-8.63%)
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL: 384,539 — 400,317 — (-3.94%)
THE SUN, BALTIMORE: 372,970 — 377,561 — (-1.22%)
THE OREGONIAN: 361,988 — 375,914 — (-3.70%)
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“It turns out that mandatory student fees include a hidden charge to fund “free” fishwrap on college campuses.”
A neighbor’s 3 kids went to the local community college while liiving at home. A subscription as you noted was hidden in the tuition/costs for the Slimes and the Gay Rhonicle. He got the WSJ delivered for a small sum as the same delivery guy delivered all three with his noisy/smoking old delivery vehicle.
His son, the youngest one, finished the local college two years ago after a few + years at the local college. So with no kids in the community college, the Dad for basically nothing gets the Slimes and Gay Rhonicle delivered with no college kids.
He and his oldest daughter are dentists and work out of the same office, and they get all three fishwraps and the local onedropped off at their office for basically no charge. He claims he only reads the WSJ and his wife uses the Gay Rhonicle for coupons and food recipes. She refuses the all most free deliveries at her home. When her dad retires, she will pull the plug on all the deliveries.
There are a couple of other similiar situations on our 22 home cul de sac. In one case the children are now in their 30’s and their parents still get the 3 left wing fishwraps for next to nothing. One of these families is uber liberal so this situation isn’t surprising. The other family is very conservative and seldom even take the rubber bands off the delivered papers.
“Nobody with any sense buys the Atlanta paper - the ‘Urinal-Constipation’ as my dear old dad (and a lot of other people) call it.”
....I first read the AJC when I went off to college in the Fall of 1961....Ralph McGill was running the paper back then, and used to run an editorial attacking Georgia and the South on a daily basis...it was a very ugly thing and Atlantans resented it.... but it won McGill accolades from Northern literatti who hated the South and that’s all he cared about.
You can't say the same of the clown car full that are running the paper these days.
Actually, for that reason they are probably far less dangerous than McGill. Nobody is paying attention.
BOL!
I agree. It’s a sad business. I grew up with elders who often got two newspapers to read at breakfast: for instance, the NY Time and the Herald Tribune, to get both sides of the news. And there were always newspapers scattered over the table at clubs, or in barber shops and the like.
The fact is, however, that most newspapers died some time back in the 1970s, when all the journalism schools and journalists took Watergate as their ideal model of “investigative journalism.” That was when ideology started to completely trump truth, in the media and the academy.
It went so far that I don’t think there’s any way to salvage the remains of these old instutions. College English departments are going to have to die, and something else eventually take their place. Newspapers are going to have to die, because the people running them are too stupid and ideological to ever change their ways and repent.
They can’t be reformed. Maybe after they die, they can be replaced.
Your point is well taken, but print media (DBM) is full of lies, deception, and bias beyond anything we've ever seen. Yes, set facts in stone, but you have to do it with credible, proven reporting.
Below is forged CBS document overlayed by Microsoft Word in default mode......courtesy Little Green Footballs..
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....you go girl...
Nice drops indeed. My contribution to reducing greenhouse gases. Save the trees, don’t buy the paper.
Yeah!!!!!!
I’d say that qualifies as a death spiral.
BIG crush on Craig, he’s so darned funny! And that accent! OMG.
and so right too.
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