Daily Wireless - Newspaper Circulation Down

The average weekday circulation at U.S. newspapers fell 2.6 percent in the six month-period ending this September. Here are the figures for the 20 biggest U.S. newspapers, as reported Monday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The percentage changes are from the comparable year-ago period.


USA Today, 2,296,335, down 0.59 per cent


The Wall Street Journal, 2,083,660, down 1.10 per cent
The New York Times, 1,126,190, up 0.46 per cent
Los Angeles Times, 843,432, down 3.79 per cent
New York Daily News, 688,584, down 3.70 per cent
The Washington Post, 678,779, down 4.09 per cent
New York Post, 662,681, down 1.74 per cent
Chicago Tribune, 586,122, down 2.47 per cent
Houston Chronicle, 521,419, down 6.01 per cent
The Boston Globe, 414,225, down 8.25 per cent
The Arizona Republic, 411,043, down 0.54 per cent
The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J. , 400,092, up 0.01 per cent
San Francisco Chronicle, 391,681, down 16.4 per cent
Star Tribune of Minneapolis-St. Paul, 374,528, down 0.26 per cent
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 362,426, down 8.73 per cent
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 357,679, down 3.16 per cent
Detroit Free Press, 341,248, down 2.18 per cent
The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, 339,055, down 4.46 per cent
The Oregonian, Portland, 333,515, down 1.24 per cent
The San Diego Union-Tribune, 314,279, down 6.24 per cent.
Circulation has been steadily declining at newspapers for several years as readers look to other media such as cable TV and the Internet for news. Tougher rules on telemarketing have also hurt newspapers' ability to sign up new readers.

Newspapers also face sluggish growth in advertising, higher newsprint prices and increasing concern among investors about their growth prospects. The second-largest newspaper publisher in the country, Knight Ridder Inc., is facing a revolt from two of its top shareholders, who want the company to be sold.