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

Drudge Report ^ | November 7, 2005

[new yorker 77]

BLOODBATH LIST

Mon Nov 07 2005 11:02:35 ET

Average weekday circulation of America's 20 biggest newspapers for the six-month period ended Sept. 30, as reported Monday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. [The percentage changes are from the comparable year-ago period.]

1. USA Today, 2,296,335, down 0.59 percent

2. The Wall Street Journal, 2,083,660, down 1.10 percent

3. The New York Times, 1,126,190, up 0.46 percent

4. Los Angeles Times, 843,432, down 3.79 percent

5. New York Daily News, 688,584, down 3.70 percent

6. The Washington Post, 678,779, down 4.09 percent

7. New York Post, 662,681, down 1.74 percent

8. Chicago Tribune, 586,122, down 2.47 percent

9. Houston Chronicle, 521,419, down 6.01 percent

10. The Boston Globe, 414,225, down 8.25 percent

11. The Arizona Republic, 411,043, down 0.54 percent

12. The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., 400,092, up 0.01 percent

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

14. Star Tribune of Minneapolis-St. Paul, 374,528, down 0.26 percent

15. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 362,426, down 8.73 percent

16. The Philadelphia Inquirer, 357,679, down 3.16 percent

17. Detroit Free Press, 341,248, down 2.18 percent

18. The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, 339,055, down 4.46 percent

19. The Oregonian, Portland, 333,515, down 1.24 percent

20. The San Diego Union-Tribune, 314,279, down 6.24 percent.

[hope]

I will not be renewing my Arizona Repugnant subscription...They have begun their campaign for the rat party to early for my taste.

[VRWCmember]

I haven't touched a newspaper in years. Hate getting the ink on my hands.

When the local rag (Fort Worth Startlegram) called my mother a few years ago to try to get her to subscribe, she mentioned the liberal extremism of the paper, and the lady said something like "Well, Molly Ivins is only in the paper two days a week now." Then my mother said she hated all the black stuff, and the solicitor got a little defensive and said "What do you mean black stuff?" My mother said "You know, all that black stuff that gets all over your hands when you turn the pages."

[HangnJudge]

It is now time to pull out the Snoopy Dance!
Pray this playful trend continues

[george76]

Good idea.

Many are advertising on the Internet for more hits and because of the 'elites' stupid politics.

[Paleo Conservative]

Unfortunately the worst offender, the NYT, has an increased circulation according to this list.

That's probably due to the massive amount of marketing they are targeting on people who live outside NYC. I'd like to see how their circulation numbers in NYC compare to previous years. The increase of 0.46% corresponds to just 5,200 more copies sold than last year. That's really poor performance considering the nation wide advertising blitz especially on cable TV. If they kept all their sales in NYC, I can't see their nationwide marketing campaign as being worthwhile.

[lawdude]

"11. The Arizona Republic, 411,043, down 0.54 percent "

Then consider the Arizona population has increased about 5% in that peirod.

[RoseofTexas]

I would have tipped him! Wise young man!

[nopardons]

The N.Y. Post, which is far MORE Conservative, than the WSJ. whose reporters are mostly LIBERALS.

[Rebelbase]

NYT increased by a whopping 0.46 percent. If they keep that up they'll be able to double their circulation by the year 2100.

[crazyhorse691]

19. The Oregonian, Portland, 333,515, down 1.24 percent

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And nobody is surprised. If it weren't for their Sunday advertisement edition the number would be 3.

[Arm_Bears]

Thanks. Just my own, personal rebellion.

[RoseofTexas]

Here you go!...

[BurtTpa]

these are circulation figures which include FREE
newspapers . The NY Times has started giving away free copies to hotels and airport frequent flier lounges.
Its a phoney PR trick used by USToday ( ala Left Wing Today) to falsely claim circulation is UP !!

[Jhensy]

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

Nice work, jackass.

[Congressman Billybob]

I understand that the circulation numbers for the NY Times are under investigation for being inflated. I've read that the discrepancy is counting papers distributed cheaply and in bulk to hotels and such are being counted as if they were individual, paid subscriptions.

So, the slight uptick in that paper's circulation may actually be as honest as the average column by Krugman, Rich, or Dowd. LOL.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column: "Reddy Finney, Joe Enge, and the US Constitution"

[thoughtomator]

I don't believe the NY Times' numbers for a second. There's no way they are up when everyone else is down - either it's an outright lie or an accounting trick.

[Robert A Cook PE]

I understand that the circulation numbers for the NY Times are under investigation for being inflated. I've read that the discrepancy is counting papers distributed cheaply and in bulk to hotels and such are being counted as if they were individual, paid subscriptions.

USA Today included the tens of thousands of free "hotel" delivery copies in its total as well.

[LostInBayport]

"10. The Boston Globe, 414,225, down 8.25 percent "

Ha ha...the Boston Gay-Lobe, with its relentless pro-homosexual stories, is hemorrhaging readers. If only this rubbed off on its 'sister' publications, the New York Slimes.

But you know what they are saying in their newsrooms..."It's all Bush's faaaaauuullt!"

[pabianice]

10. The Boston Globe, 414,225, down 8.25 percent

Woo-Hoo!

[mwfsu84]

There was a time when I believed the Journal-Constitution could serve a purpose - as a place mat beneath my dog's food dish. Then my dog started throwing up.