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2009-10-27 Economy
Newspaper circulation falling fast, down 10.6 pct
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Posted by Fred 2009-10-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ]  Top

#1 Sub-critical mass approaching fast!
Posted by gorb 2009-10-27 01:52||   2009-10-27 01:52|| Front Page Top

#2 Must be 7 or 8 years since I bought a printed newspaper.
Posted by phil_b 2009-10-27 07:18||   2009-10-27 07:18|| Front Page Top

#3 So, WSJ increased its circulation, and everybody else's decreased? Is that right?
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2009-10-27 07:27||   2009-10-27 07:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Last paragraph:

"A few newspapers, mostly smaller ones, added subscribers during the reporting period. Of all the newspapers with a paid circulation of more than 50,000, the York Daily Record in Pennsylvania saw the biggest increase -- rising 16.5 percent to 55,370. The newspaper's publisher and managing editor didn't return messages Monday."

So no telling who gained, but some other than WSJ gained.

I wonder if there is a pattern to gainers/losers.
Posted by Whiskey Mike 2009-10-27 07:31||   2009-10-27 07:31|| Front Page Top

#5 The Wall Street Journal's numbers for Monday-Friday dropped by under 1%, significantly less than any other. See here for details.
Posted by trailing wife">trailing wife  2009-10-27 08:05||   2009-10-27 08:05|| Front Page Top

#6 Sunday editions usually carry coupons that pay for the cost of the bird cage paper they come with. Now if someone can Craiglist [implementation and wide spread adoption] that function, the dead tree media is in for a unrecoverable steep dive. Given the economy, there's an opportunity for someone to divert that advertising money from the papers.
Posted by Procopius2k 2009-10-27 09:30||   2009-10-27 09:30|| Front Page Top

#7 coupons.com
Posted by ed 2009-10-27 11:05||   2009-10-27 11:05|| Front Page Top

#8 yes, ed, but its the widespread adoption that is key in diverting dollars from the papers. Not there yet.
Posted by Procopius2k 2009-10-27 11:49||   2009-10-27 11:49|| Front Page Top

#9 I think there are still a lot of people who want newspapers. These are the people who are uncomfortable with computers. I should know. I'm married to one. Dunno how long these types will be around in sufficient numbers to keep the dinosaur media viable but I'd guess twenty or so years anyway.
Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2009-10-27 12:36||   2009-10-27 12:36|| Front Page Top

#10 What about computer interfaces getting more like newspaper?
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2009-10-27 12:40||   2009-10-27 12:40|| Front Page Top

#11 It is not the medium that is in trouble it is the message that is in trouble.
The further left Chicago's papers went the more their circulation declined. Solution: try reporting the news factually and keep opinion to the Editorial and Op-Ed pages. Which is what the WSJ does.
Posted by Chaiter Pelosi4314 2009-10-27 13:34||   2009-10-27 13:34|| Front Page Top

#12 It doesn't help the Leftist media that they managed to persuade their increasingly gullible rump of readers that, in electing Obama, the world would be largely without significant concerns. Why bother with a paper which is trying to persuade you Everything's OK (even when it's more like Going To Hell In A Handbasket)?
Posted by Bulldog 2009-10-27 14:18||   2009-10-27 14:18|| Front Page Top

#13 All the Tweens + assor YOUNG PEOPLE are TWITTERIN', IPODIN', YOUTUBIN', BLACKBERRIN', MYSPACIN' + FACEBOOKIN', etal. > meanwhile, all of us OLD GEEZERS = ELDERLY SENIOR CITIZENS ABOVE AGE 25 ARE STILL STUCK ON OLDER "QUAINT" CELL PHONES + "ANTIQUE" PUSH-BUTTONS???
Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola  2009-10-27 19:08|| na]">[na]  2009-10-27 19:08|| Front Page Top

#14 RASPBERRY, STRAWBERRY, or BLUEBERRY?

DO I have to say WTF!?
Posted by JosephMendiola">JosephMendiola  2009-10-27 19:10|| na]">[na]  2009-10-27 19:10|| Front Page Top

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