Wednesday, March 12, 2008

Newspaper Circulation Plunging - Big Time.


Editor and Publisher has a story about the continuing fall of newspaper circulations across the nation. Some tidbits:

+ In just four years the top newspapers in the U.S. have collectively lost about 1.4 million copies in daily circulation.

+ The industry has lost about 10% of circulation overall in the past four years.

+ The Los Angles Times lost 20% of daily circulation, The Boston Globe lost 20%, the San Francisco Chronicle 30%.

+ Though most are dropping, precipitously, some are actually on the rise. USA Today is up 2% and so is the New York Post.

I wonder - will my daughter read a stack of newspapers when she grows up on a lazy Sunday morning with a stack of warm waffles nearby? Or will she just point and click?

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