OVERALL NEWSPAPER CIRCULATION DOWN 8.7% Growing 'Wall St. Journal' Tops List of 25 Biggest Dailies By Mark Fitzgerald, Editor & Publisher On the same day it launched its "Greater New York" edition, The Wall Street Journal Monday topped the list of the nation’s largest-circulation daily newspapers. The Journal was the only daily among the 25 largest to gain circulation in the Audit Bureau of Circulations Fas-Fax report for the six-month period ended March 31. Newspaper circulation is down 8.7% nationally, according to a report just-issued by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Among the top 25 newspapers, only one is growing: the Wall Street Journal, which comes in at #1 as the nation's biggest daily. It trounced #2 USA Today, where circulation fell 13.58% to dip under 2 million. USA Today recorded a decrease of 13.58% as it fell below the two million mark to 1,826,622. The San Jose Mercury News exploded into the top 10 list by incorporating the Oakland Tribune and Contra Costa Times as editions of the Mercury News. The Kansas City Star saw its Sunday circulation drop by 5.57% from 333,006 to 314,449 during the period.
Top 25 List by Daily Circulation Newspaper Circ as of 3/31/10/ % Change 1. The Wall Street Journal 2,092,523 +0.5% 2. USA Today 1,826,622 -13.58% 3. The New York Times 951,063 -8.47% 4. Los Angeles Times 616,606 -14.74% 5. Washington Post 578,482 -13.06% 6. Daily News (New York) 535,059 -11.25% 7. New York Post 525,004 -5.94% 8. San Jose Mercury News* 516,701 N/A (1/1/10 To 3/31/2010) 9. Chicago Tribune 452,145 -9.79% 10. Houston Chronicle 366,578 -13.77% 11. The Philadelphia Inquirer** 356,189 N/A 12. The Arizona Republic 351,207 -9.88% 13. Newsday 334,809 -9.07% 14. The Denver Post*** 333,675 N/A 15. Star Tribune, Minneapolis 295,438 -7.71% 16. St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times 278,888 -1.49% 17. Chicago Sun-Times 268,803 -13.88% 18. The Plain Dealer, Cleveland 267,888 -8.14% 19. The Oregonian 263,600 -1.83% 20. The Seattle Times*** 263.468 N/A 21. The Dallas Morning News 260,659 -21.47% 22. Detroit Free Press 252,017 -13.31% 23. San Diego Union-Tribune 249,630 -4.45% 24. San Francisco Chronicle 241,330 -22.68% 25. The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J. 236,017 -17.79%
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