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2007-05-01 Home Front Economy

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Posted by Fred 2007-05-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 going down. Down, down, down, down, down.

Posted by Nero Cloluse5219 2007-05-01 00:49|| 2007-05-01 00:49|| Front Page Top

#2 FREEREPUBLIC/LUCIANNE > Nation-wide, 'tis generally downward for the Paper/Print Media. VARIOUS TV > BLOGOSPHERE RULES - US GOP-DEM-OTHER politicians must now include Net = ELectronic Response Managers-Sections as significant part of any full-time campaign. GOOD AS DEFEATED WID OUT THE NET.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2007-05-01 00:54|| 2007-05-01 00:54|| Front Page Top

#3 It's a pretty damning indictment when M^cPaper leads the pack.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-01 01:10|| 2007-05-01 01:10|| Front Page Top

#4 Will the world come to an end when the NY Post passes the NY Times?

Posted by Bobby 2007-05-01 06:18|| 2007-05-01 06:18|| Front Page Top

#5 The numbers are still fudged. They include the 'complementary' copies delivered everyday at hotels and other drop offs, by the truck full.

Posted by Procopius2k 2007-05-01 09:30|| 2007-05-01 09:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Our own San Diego UT rag has lost too:
The Union-Tribune lost 6.5 percent of its weekday print readers and 7.2 percent of its Sunday circulation. Its percentage decline on weekdays was the third-largest among the nation's 25 biggest papers. Its Sunday drop was the second-largest, behind the Dallas Morning News

that NYT, WaPo syndication news is working out so well, huh, UT?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-05-01 09:32|| 2007-05-01 09:32|| Front Page Top

#7 Arizona Republic has an affiliation with NYT/Boston Globe and also has WaPo syndication.

Posted by Pappy 2007-05-01 10:05|| 2007-05-01 10:05|| Front Page Top

#8 i noticed that the big losers were the ones with a liberal slant to the news while the few conservative papers were gaining market share.

good point on the inflation of USA today by complementary copies.

Posted by Abu do you love 2007-05-01 12:19|| 2007-05-01 12:19|| Front Page Top

#9 good point on the inflation of USA today by complementary copies.

Another trick is what the last paper I got did: they insisted that to get the Sunday we had to agree to at least one weekday delivery.

Posted by xbalanke 2007-05-01 12:33|| 2007-05-01 12:33|| Front Page Top

#10 The NYT's spreads its propoganda with complimentary copies at many colleges and universities, too. Luckily this generation is digitized and has access to information for their own research.

Posted by Danielle 2007-05-01 13:25|| 2007-05-01 13:25|| Front Page Top

#11 In fact, at some high-class joint in Dallas a couple of weeks ago, we got the Sunday NYT, which my wife (WaPo reader) refused to even open! So their circulation numbers inlcude give-aways, too.

No doubt.
I say that because I have not independently verified it, but I suspect it to be true.

Posted by Bobby 2007-05-01 14:09|| 2007-05-01 14:09|| Front Page Top

#12 I'm glad to see the Star Ledger taking a bath. I used to get that horribly slanted rag in the days before I found Rantburg and wised up.

Posted by JerseyMike 2007-05-01 14:17|| 2007-05-01 14:17|| Front Page Top

#13 Another trick is what the last paper I got did: they insisted that to get the Sunday we had to agree to at least one weekday delivery.

Most definitely the case. I have a Saturday & Sunday only subscription, but through some accountant's magic pen, I manage to get the Monday and Wednesday editions for free. That doubles the numbers for every account like mine.

As all of this is done in the name of keeping advertising rates up, I wonder how television broadcasters deal with this looming crisis. The Internet is killing viewership numbers. How do they bloat their Neilsen Ratings to overcome this?

As an aside, I'll bet some 25%-50% of USA Today's circulation is complimentry.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-01 15:55|| 2007-05-01 15:55|| Front Page Top

#14 before I found Rantburg and wised up

Gotta echo that sentiment. The 'Burg simply lays waste to all other news sources for concentrated reporting on the GWoT. The accompanying lessons on spin-detection and parsing are absolutely priceless. Being able to share views and openly debate these critical issues is just icing on the cake.

Thank you so much, Fred Pruitt and all the Mods.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-05-01 15:58|| 2007-05-01 15:58|| Front Page Top

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