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The Times (the Post, the Globe) They Are A-Changin'

by: Dean Barker

Mon Oct 26, 2009 at 19:18:47 PM EDT


As a blogger, commentary would feel like gloating, so I'll just leave it as is. Better that way, since it leaves me speechless anyway:
Compared to the same six-month period ending September 2008, daily (Monday-Friday) circulation at The New York Times is down 7.2% to 927,851. Sunday fell 2.6% to 1,400,302.

The Los Angeles Times reported its daily circ is off 11% to 657,467 and 6.7% on Sunday to 983,702.

Daily circ at The Washington Post fell 6.4% to 582,844 while Sunday was down 5% to 822,208.

Dean Barker :: The Times (the Post, the Globe) They Are A-Changin'
Daily circ at the Chicago Tribune decreased 9.7% to 465,892. Sunday was down 7.1% to 803,220.

The San Francisco Chronicle lost more than a quarter of its daily circ, down 25.8% to 251,782. Sunday was off more than 22% to 306,705.

Daily at The Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J., dropped 22.2% to 246,006 and 18.5% on Sunday to 371,060.

The Boston Globe's daily circ decreased 18.4% to 264,105. Sunday lost 16.9% to 418,529.

Daily circulation at the Chicago Sun-Times dropped 12% to 275,641. Sunday circ at that paper fell 1.8% to 251,260. In a statement released this morning, the Sun-Times noted a price increase to 75 cents from 50 cents. Single-copy sales are down while daily home-delivered papers grew 5.5%.

The Miami Herald reported a daily circ decline of 23% to 162,260. Sunday fell 14.6% to 238,613.

Daily circ at The Plain Dealer in Cleveland was down 11.2% to 271,180, while Sunday was down 4.9% to 390,636.

Daily circulation at the Star Tribune in Minneapolis fell 5.5% to 304,543. Sunday was off 8.3% to 477,562.

In Houston, the Chronicle's daily circ declined 14.2% to 384,419 while Sunday fell 6.3% to 547,387.

Daily circ at The Arizona Republic in Phoenix fell 12.3% to 316,874. Sunday was almost flat (-0.8%) to 458,992.

The Baltimore Sun's daily circ dropped 14.7% to 186,639. Sunday declined 8% to 322,491.

The Orange County Register lost 10.1% of its daily circulation to 212,293. Sunday fell 3.4% to 288,174.

And that's not counting USAToday's 17% drop.

And this is a six month period - not a year.*

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There are recent statistics that show (4.00 / 4)
that some 60% of all print newspaper sales are now made to kidnappers intent on proving when a picture of their hostage was taken.

That's from The Onion, which has a paper edition so it must be true.


LOL. (4.00 / 2)
In seriousness, E&P does a good job of breaking down why the numbers are so drastic.

For example, since costs are too high, they are forgoing much of the complimentary hotel copy stuff (thus the USAToday disastrous drop), plus the rising cost of daily newstand editions is keeping numbers down


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The demise of newspapers makes me sad. Elwood made me laugh. (4.00 / 1)


"But, in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope." Si se puede. Yes we can.  

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Correction, Dean - (4.00 / 2)
Compared to the same six-month period ending September 2008

means they ARE comparing a full year. Just as if they compared the total sales for Sept. 20th 2008 and Sept. 20th 2009.

6 months is the length of the sample, not the interval between samples.


I know why the Globe lost one customer. They raised their (4.00 / 2)
rates really high and when the spouse went to write a check because they'd screwed up the credit card so we had to get new numbers he balked.

On the other hand, the paper in Georgia got a new subscription 'cause my house guest really likes to read the comics with breakfast.  But then, he also likes to look at the ads for fighter jets in the National Journal.  So, he's probably not a bellwether.



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