Top circulation gainers (March '08)

[EStreetJoe]

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Yes! It Can Happen: Top Daily Circ Gainers in FAS-FAX
By E&P Staff

Published: April 28, 2008 9:41 AM ET

NEW YORK Not all papers bled circulation this winter. The Audit Bureau of Circulations reported the top dozen gainers -- dailies with 50,000 or more in paid circulation -- and three big metros make the list.

The San Jose Mercury News, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and the Cincinnati Enquirer all reported nice increases in daily circulation.

El Diario La Prensa topped the list advancing its daily circulation 7.6% to 53,856 copies.

Below is a list of the top 12 daily (Monday-Friday) gainers for the six months ending March 2008 provided by ABC. These are the preliminary figures as filed with the Audit Bureau of Circulations, and are subject to audit.

Top Circulation Gainers
Newspapers with More Than 50,000 Paid Circulation

Total Paid Circ

Newspaper Name -- As of 3/31/08 -- As of 3/31/07 -- % Gain

EL DIARIO LA PRENSA: 53,856 -- 50,047 -- 7.61%

THE TIMES, MUNSTER, IND.: 85,195 -- 82,709 -- 3.01%

THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER: 212,369 -- 206,320 -- 2.93%

TRENTON (N.J.) TIMES: 54,745 -- 53,197 -- 2.91%

THE DAILY HERALD, EVERETT, WASH.: 50,272 -- 49,109 -- 2.37%

VENTURA (CALIF.) COUNTY STAR : 86,276 -- 84,785 -- 1.76%

SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS: 234,772 -- 230,870 -- 1.69%

GREENSBURG (PA.) TRIBUNE-REVIEW: 150,911 -- 148,416 -- 1.68%

THE ADVOCATE, BATON ROUGE, LA. : 97,912 -- 96,558 -- 1.40%

THE STANDARD-EXAMINER, OGDEN, UTAH: 61,696 -- 60,956 -- 1.21%

MOBILE (ALA.) PRESS-REGISTER: 99,433 -- 98,245 -- 1.21%

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER: 129,563 -- 128,016 -- 1.21%

 

[SportsDude]

I'd say the Cincinnati Enquirer bump was from the imminent demise of the Post.

 

[zebracoy]

Solution? Print in Spanish.

 

[BigSleeper]

The Merc is up? Wow. Hopefully Lean Dean won't think if he cuts even more he'll gain circ.

 

[Fourth and 8]

**** it. Baton Rouge probably gained after the NOTP failed to staff the SEC men's basketball tournament....a last-month jump