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As to the number of cancellers: I suppose that the LA Times has no obligation to give a precise figure. But it's probably several thousand, not just a little over a thousand, and here is one reason why I think so:

In Sunday's Times (i.e., on October 5), in a story that was put to bed on Saturday afternoon or evening, the Times itself admitted that "over 1000" had cancelled, citing reasons of perceived political bias ... mostly occurring, apparently, in the wake of the Times' uncritical reprinting of the Grope allegations on Bloody Thursday. (In political science academia, the Thursday before a Tuesday election day is referred to as "Bloody Thursday," as it the day on which published INITIAL reports of a scandal can most damage a candidate, due to the reverberations of coverage over the weekend.)

It's been six days since the Saturday evening when that story got finalized, with its "over 1000" figure. In that time, many more surely have cancelled their Times subs, some no doubt inspired to do so by the many stories in other media, including Talk Radio, trumpeting this phenomenon.

I would just LOVE to find out what the Times's cancellations were in the following two time frames, to compare them:

October 1-15, 2002 (i.e., a year ago); and
October 1-15, 2003.

I bet it's a dozen times or more higher this year.

As to the number of cancellers: I suppose that the LA Times has no obligation to give a precise figure.

Actually, they do. Their circulation is audited by an independent organization, as are the circulations of almost all daily newspapers; otherwise, nobody would believe the paper's ad salesmen when they claim "Buy an ad with us and it'll reach one million people!" Those audited figures are released once every six months, so we will eventually get exact numbers on just how much their puke smear campaign has cost them.

(Depending on how the LA Times delivers its mail subscriptions, they may also be required by law to file legitimate circulation numbers with the Postal Service once per year, just like magazines do.)