Newspaper Circulation Stats

AP ran a story earlier this week with circulation figures for the top 20 newspapers, which I find fascinating, as it shows that the LAT is doing significantly worse than the other top papers. Why?

For my part, I keep fighting an internal battle over my obligation to keep up my early morning daily newspaper habit. I renewed last time because I was offered an irrestistible package with both Vanity Fair and the LAT. I read so much online that I think I may cut the LAT. Even though I recycle, I feel guilty about all the paper consumption, all the unread sports, California and real estate sections. I have piles of unread mags and papers in my house, and I'm cancelling subscriptions right and left. No more New York, The Week, or More. I'm still hanging on to Time, Newsweek, The New Yorker, Wired, EW...

1. USA Today, 2,278,022, up 0.2 percent

2. The Wall Street Journal, 2,062,312, up 0.6 percent

3. The New York Times, 1,120,420, down 1.9 percent

4. Los Angeles Times, 815,723, down 4.2 percent

5. New York Post, 724,748, up 7.6 percent

6. New York Daily News, 718,174, up 1.4 percent

7. The Washington Post, 699,130, down 3.5 percent

8. Chicago Tribune, 566,827, down 2.1 percent

9. Houston Chronicle, 503,114, down 2 percent

10. The Arizona Republic, 433,731, down 1.1 percent

Hat Tip: Oscarwatch

The rest:

11. Dallas Morning News, 411,919, down 14.3 percent

12. Newsday, Long Island, 398,231, down 6.9 percent

13. San Francisco Chronicle, 386,564, down 2.9 percent

14. The Boston Globe, 382,503, down 3.7 percent

15. The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., 372,629, down 6.1 percent

16. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 357,399, down 2.1 percent

17. The Philadelphia Inquirer, 352,593, up 0.6 percent

18. Star Tribune of Minneapolis-St. Paul, 345,252, down 4.9 percent

19. The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, 344,704, up 0.5 percent

20. Detroit Free Press, 329,989, down 4.7 percent

Comments

[Alan Green]

Anne

no thoughts on why lat's numbers are down -- i haven't looked at a newspaper in a few years now (i used to read 2 or 3 in the morning and at least one more in the afternoon)

couldn't agree more on your other comments -- why pay for a subscription? look at the sunday paper -- you get 8 pounds of paper delivered to your doorstep, you only read a few pages, throw rest away.

come on. just log on and point/click, done. who needs 8 pounds of newspaper (especially when it's yesterday's news)? today's news is online, so is the news from 5 minutes ago -- newspapers can't compete.

[T.Holly Unfassung]

In honor of your piece on BLOGS RESHAPING FILM COVERAGE, I thought I'd try equating blogs with the top newspapers. In the future, maybe I'll try magazines and television.

1. USA Today = Movie City News

2. The Wall Street Journal = Deadline Hollywood Daily

3. The New York Times = Gawker

4. Los Angeles Times = Ain't it Cool News

5. New York Post = TMZ

6. New York Daily News = Hollywood-Elsewhere

7. The Washington Post = Oscarwatch

8. Chicago Tribune = Thompson on Hollywood

12. Newsday = Carpetbagger

13. San Francisco Chronicle = The Envelope

14. The Boston Globe = The Hot Blog

I've already tried music: Oscarwatch is Gospel, Hollywood-Elsewhere is Jazz, Movie City News is Country, Thompson on Hollywood is Opera, Incontention (Kris Tapley) is Classical, with Tech Support a lovely Chamber Orchestra, Carpetbagger is Rap, The Envelope is Pop, Deadline Hollywood Daily is R&B, Gawker and The Hot Blog are soul.

[T.Holly Unfassung]

Err, make that showtunes for The Hot Blog.