Apr 27, 2009

Good-ish news for smaller papers

All but one of the largest 25 newspapers in America lost circulation, according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations survey. But Editor and Publisher combed through the data and found some papers have made significant circulation gains. Here's the list as compiled by E&P:
MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL -- 192,631 -- 30.96%
WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL -- 96,927 -- 10.32%
YORK (PA.) DAILY RECORD -- 52,330 -- 9.05%
FARGO (N.D.) FORUM -- 52,593 -- 8.90%
WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY -- 50,805 -- 8.72%
MOBILE (ALA.) PRESS-REGISTER -- 106,793 -- 7.40%
SPRINGFIELD (ILL.) STATE JOURNAL-REGISTER -- 51,453 -- 3.23%
RECORD (N.J.) -- 168,508 -- 3.17%
ERIE (PA.) TIMES-NEWS -- 57,096 -- 3.07%
CHATTANOOGA (TENN.) TIMES FREE PRESS -- 73,067 -- 1.88%
The news isn't all good, unfortunately. The spike in circulation at the Commercial Appeal, for example, is almost completely a result of Newspaper in Education programs, E&P reports. Individual paid subscriptions actually dropped 14 percent at the paper.

6 comments:

Edward Barrera said...

Fargo, here I come.

Anonymous said...

I would imagine that the award winning LANG newspapers saw a big spike up in circulation.

dj

Anonymous said...

Seriously, the little paper I work for gained one subscription this year over last ... but hey, it's a gain.

Anonymous said...

Congrats...and no joke intended...that is great considering the economics and competition.

Anonymous said...

You should do a profile on the new subscriber.

Anonymous said...

We were going to, but, alas, he died. Now it has become an obit.