Newspaper circ declines
lessen again

Down 4.99 percent on weekdays, according to the ABC

Top 25 Daily Newspapers – Mon.-Fri. As of Sept. 30, 2010
Newspaper	2010 Circ (Daily)	2009 Circ (Daily)	% change
WALL STREET JOURNAL	2,061,142	2,024,269	1.82%
USA TODAY	1,830,594	1,900,116	-3.66%
NEW YORK TIMES	876,638	927,851	-5.52%
LOS ANGELES TIMES	600,449	657,467	-8.67%
WASHINGTON POST	545,345	582,844	-6.43%
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS	512,520	544,167	-5.82%
NEW YORK POST	501,501	508,042	-1.29%
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS	477,592	-	N/A
CHICAGO TRIBUNE	441,508	465,892	-5.23%
HOUSTON CHRONICLE	343,952	384,437	-10.53%
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER	342,361	361,481	-5.29%
NEWSDAY	314,848	357,124	-11.84%
DENVER POST	309,863	340,949	-9.12%
ARIZONA REPUBLIC	308,973	316,873	-2.49%
MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE	297,478	304,544	-2.32%
DALLAS MORNING NEWS	264,459	263,810	0.25%
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER	252,608	271,182	-6.85%
SEATTLE TIMES	251,697	263,588	-4.51%
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES	250,747	275,641	-9.03%
DETROIT FREE PRESS (e)	245,326	269,729	-9.05%
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES	239,684	240,146	-0.19%
OREGONIAN	239,071	249,164	-4.05%
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE	224,761	242,693	-7.39%
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE	223,549	251,782	-11.21%
NEWARK STAR-LEDGER	223,037	246,006	-9.34%
Source: Audit Bureau of Circulations

Top 25 Daily Newspapers – Sunday As of Sept. 30, 2010
Newspaper	2010 Circ (Sunday)	2009 Circ (Sunday)	% change
NEW YORK TIMES	1,352,358	1,400,302	-3.42%
LOS ANGELES TIMES	901,119	983,702	-8.40%
CHICAGO TRIBUNE	768,073	803,220	-4.38%
WASHINGTON POST	764,666	822,207	-7.00%
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS	568,266	603,671	-5.86%
SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS	528,536	-	N/A
HOUSTON CHRONICLE (T)	515,236	547,409	-5.88%
MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE	504,616	477,564	5.66%
DETROIT FREE PRESS (T) (e)	494,013	560,188	-11.81%
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER	477,586	499,138	-4.32%
DENVER POST	472,664	495,485	-4.61%
ARIZONA REPUBLIC	457,059	458,992	-0.42%
ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION	384,110	405,551	-5.29%
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES	377,235	370,049	1.94%
NEWSDAY	375,874	413,830	-9.17%
DALLAS MORNING NEWS (T)	373,815	390,523	-4.28%
BOSTON GLOBE	368,303	418,527	-12.00%
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH	365,589	401,425	-8.93%
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER (T)	348,324	390,637	-10.83%
NEWARK STAR-LEDGER	346,436	371,061	-6.64%
SEATTLE TIMES	341,265	359,672	-5.12%
NEW YORK POST	339,115	343,361	-1.24%
MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL	331,171	334,241	-0.92%
BALTIMORE SUN	324,018	322,492	0.47%
OREGONIAN	292,800	303,414	-3.50%