The Incredible Shrinking NYT, LAT, and Boston Globe
The tumble of the liberal press continues, with another 6-month period of declining circulation for the NYT, LAT, and Boston Globe. The NY Post, on the other hand, is doing quite well. That gives the impression that it is more a matter of reporting quality and slant than the inroads of the Internet and other new news media.
At this rate the NY Post will overtake the NYT in less than 5 years, reducing the flagship liberal paper to an also-ran in its home town. I wouldn't have thought it possible in New York, but I'm mightily tickled at the prospect.
(Circulation stats below the fold)
1. USA Today, 2,278,022, up 0.2 percent2. The Wall Street Journal, 2,062,312, up 0.6 percent
3. The New York Times, 1,120,420, down 1.9 percent
4. Los Angeles Times, 815,723, down 4.2 percent
5. New York Post, 724,748, up 7.6 percent
6. New York Daily News, 718,174, up 1.4 percent
7. The Washington Post, 699,130, down 3.5 percent
8. Chicago Tribune, 566,827, down 2.1 percent
9. Houston Chronicle, 503,114, down 2 percent
10. The Arizona Republic, 433,731, down 1.1 percent
11. Dallas Morning News, 411,919, down 14.3 percent
12. Newsday, Long Island, 398,231, down 6.9 percent
13. San Francisco Chronicle, 386,564, down 2.9 percent
14. The Boston Globe, 382,503, down 3.7 percent
15. The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., 372,629, down 6.1 percent
16. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 357,399, down 2.1 percent
17. The Philadelphia Inquirer, 352,593, up 0.6 percent
18. Star Tribune of Minneapolis-St. Paul, 345,252, down 4.9 percent
19. The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, 344,704, up 0.5 percent
20. Detroit Free Press, 329,989, down 4.7 percent