
Yahoo! News reports that all major American newspapers – except for the Wall Street Journal – are losing readers. Fast.
The Audit Bureau of Circulations said Monday that average daily circulation declined 7.1 percent in the October-March period from the same six-month span in 2007-2008. The latest figure represents data from 395 daily U.S. newspapers that reported in both the current and year-ago periods.
The most recent drop was faster than the 4.6 percent fall recorded in the April-September period of 2008, and the 3.6 percent fall recorded in the October 2007-March 2008 span.
Despite losing 7.5 percent of its subscribers, USA Today continues to be America’s largest newspaper. The New York Times‘ daily circulation fell 3.6 percent to 1,039,031, while the Los Angeles Times saw a drop of 6.6 percent to 723,181. (more…)
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