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New FAS-FAX numbers and the song remains the same

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by 2muchcoffeeman, Oct 26, 2009.

  1. 2muchcoffeeman

    2muchcoffeeman Well-Known Member

    Monday-Friday circulation with percent change:

    THE WALL STREET JOURNAL -- 2,024,269 -- 0.61%
    USA TODAY -- 1,900,116 -- (-17.15%)
    THE NEW YORK TIMES -- 927,851 -- (-7.28%)
    LOS ANGELES TIMES -- 657,467 -- (-11.05%)
    THE WASHINGTON POST -- 582,844 -- (-6.40%)
    DAILY NEWS (NEW YORK) -- 544,167 -- (-13.98%)
    NEW YORK POST -- 508,042 -- (-18.77%)
    CHICAGO TRIBUNE -- 465,892 -- (-9.72%)
    HOUSTON CHRONICLE -- 384,419 -- (-14.24%)
    THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER -- 361,480 -- N/A
    NEWSDAY -- 357,124 -- (-5.40%)
    THE DENVER POST -- 340,949 -- N/A
    THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC -- 316,874 -- (-12.30%)
    STAR TRIBUNE, MINNEAPOLIS -- 304,543 -- (-5.53%)
    CHICAGO SUN-TIMES -- 275,641 -- (-11.98%)
    The PLAIN DEALER, CLEVELAND -- 271,180 -- (-11.24%)
    DETROIT FREE PRESS (e) -- 269,729 -- (-9.56%)
    THE BOSTON GLOBE -- 264,105 -- (-18.48%)
    THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS -- 263,810 -- (-22.16%)
    THE SEATTLE TIMES -- 263,588 -- N/A
    SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE -- 251,782 -- (-25.82%)
    THE OREGONIAN -- 249,163 -- (-12.06%)
    THE STAR-LEDGER, NEWARK -- 246,006 -- (-22.22%)
    SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE -- 242,705 -- (-10.05%)
    ST. PETERSBURG (FLA.) TIMES -- 240,147 -- (-10.70%)

    Sunday circulation with percent change:
    THE NEW YORK TIMES -- 1,400,302 -- (-2.66%)
    LOS ANGELES TIMES -- 983,702 -- (-6.76%)
    THE WASHINGTON POST -- 822,208 -- (-5.06%)
    CHICAGO TRIBUNE -- 803,220 -- (-7.13%)
    DAILY NEWS (NEW YORK) -- 603,671 -- (-10.45%)
    DETROIT FREE PRESS -- 560,188 -- (-7.46%)
    HOUSTON CHRONICLE -- 547,387 -- (-6.30%)
    THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER -- 499,140 -- N/A
    THE DENVER POST -- 495,485 -- (-9.16%)
    STAR TRIBUNE, MINNEAPOLIS -- 477,562 -- (-8.31%)
    THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC -- 458,992 -- (-0.87%)
    THE BOSTON GLOBE -- 418,529 -- (-16.90%)
    NEWSDAY -- 413,830 -- (-4.62%)
    THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION -- 405,549 -- (-12.75%)
    ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH -- 401,427 --(-5.23%)
    THE PLAIN DEALER, CLEVELAND -- 390,636 -- (-4.97%)
    THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS -- 390,520 -- (-19.29%)
    THE STAR-LEDGER, NEWARK, N.J. -- 371,060 -- (-18.57%)
    ST. PETERSBURG (FLA.) TIMES -- 370,050 -- (-5.19%)
    THE SEATTLE TIMES -- 359,672 -- (-5.93%)
    NEW YORK POST -- 343,361 -- (-11.07%)
    MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL -- 334,240 -- (-10.97%)
    THE BALTIMORE SUN -- 322,491 -- (-8.03%)
    THE COLUMBUS (OHIO) DISPATCH -- 316,202 -- (-4.75%)
    THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE -- 309,571 -- (-9.58%)

    And now a bit of good news ... your top 10 circulation gainers among papers with circulation over 50K:
    YORK (PA.) DAILY RECORD -- 55,370 -- 16.45%
    WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY -- 53,142 -- 14.31%
    OAKLAND (MICH.) PRESS -- 68,067 -- 7.26%
    LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL -- 175,841 -- 6.56%
    CHATTANOOGA (TENN.) TIMES FREE PRESS -- 69,569 -- 2.18%
    OGDEN (UTAH) STANDARD-EXAMINER -- 62,062 -- 1.89%
    NEW HAVEN (CONN.) REGISTER -- 70,559 -- 0.79%
    MOBILE (ALA.) PRESS-REGISTER -- 92,849 -- 0.75%
    WALL STREET JOURNAL -- 2,024,269 -- 0.61%
    FARGO (N.D.) FORUM -- 50,131 -- 0.39%

    Hmmm, one of these things is not like the others.

    http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004030291
     
  2. Moderator1

    Moderator1 Moderator Staff Member

    What was the Washington Post at its peak?
     
  3. JackReacher

    JackReacher Well-Known Member

    Wasn't the Star Ledger the country's sixth- or seventh-largest newspaper as recently as two years ago?
     
  4. FileNotFound

    FileNotFound Well-Known Member

    Even considering the late-'90s/early-'00s numbers were padded, that's a precipitous drop for The Dallas Morning News.
     
  5. mustangj17

    mustangj17 Active Member

    The Oakland Press should send a fruit basket to the Detroit Media Partnership.
     
  6. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    The fact the Miami Herald is just a tick above 160,000 is alarming and depressing.
     
  7. spnited

    spnited Active Member


    S-L at one point was a tad over 400K daily and close to 600K Sunday.
    Ouch!
     
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  8. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Yikes at The Globe's fall, which percentagewise is close to Newark's tumble.

    In York, I'd really like to see The York Dispatch's numbers. Is the Daily Record (which not long ago was at 45k) taking away all the Dispatch readers, or is part of that due to population growth?
     
  9. Drip

    Drip Active Member

    All is not well.
     
  10. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    I thought the drop would be even worse after they doubled their newsstand prices and tripled their home delivery. (Add: And just about halved their content.)
     
  11. DanOregon

    DanOregon Well-Known Member

    What is interesting is that USA Today is parsing the numbers (WSJ counts electronic subscriptions) to still tout itself as the number 1 in "printed" daily circ.
    Nothing like putting an asterisk just beneath your masthead.
     
  12. Inky_Wretch

    Inky_Wretch Well-Known Member

    From TheAwl.com ...

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    http://www.theawl.com/2009/10/a-graphic-history-of-newspaper-circulation-over-the-last-two-decades
     
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