KimberlySayWhat Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 http://drudgereport.com/flash.htm1. USA Today, 2,272,815, up 0.09 percent 2. The Wall Street Journal, 2,049,786, down 1 percent 3. The New York Times, 1,142,464, up 0.5 percent 4. Los Angeles Times, 851,832, down 5.4 percent 5. The Washington Post, 724,242, down 3.7 percent 6. New York Daily News, 708,477, down 3.7 percent 7. New York Post, 673,379, down 0.7 percent 8. Chicago Tribune, 579,079, up 0.9 percent 9. Houston Chronicle, 513,387, down 3.6 percent 10. The Arizona Republic, 438,722, down 2.1 percent 11. Newsday, Long Island, 427,771, down 2.7 percent 12. The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J., 398,329, up 0.9 percent 13. San Francisco Chronicle, 398,246, down 15.6 percent 14. The Boston Globe, 397,288, down 8.5 percent 15. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 365,011, down 6.7 percent 16. Star Tribune of Minneapolis-St. Paul, 362,964, down 2.9 percent17. The Philadelphia Inquirer, 350,457, down 5.1 percent 18. Detroit Free Press, 345,861, up 0.04 percent 19. The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, 343,163, down 1.6 percent 20. St. Petersburg Times, Florida, 323,031, down 4.4 percent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurence Simon Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Just another step on the path to the day when the paper in newspaper is as outdated as the sail in setting sail.Or the dial in dial-up Internet, let alone dial-up Internet itself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 But without newspapers... where will all the bloggers get articles to rip off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 I wouldn't call the Chronicle a "top" newspaper... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Who cares?Imo, most news in papers (aside from sports and financial) are full of editorial's and not journalism. It's amazing (especially with The NY Times and Washington Post) that what passes as journalism is in fact riddled with opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted May 8, 2006 Share Posted May 8, 2006 Imo, most news in papers (aside from sports and financial) are full of editorial's and not journalism. It's amazing (especially with The NY Times and Washington Post) that what passes as journalism is in fact riddled with opinion.How is that different than the post you just made?I'm not a Post reader so I can't make a judgement there, but I read the Times almost every day. For you to make the statement you did shows that you're not a regular reader, just someone who aggregates the statements of others to form their opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Just another step on the path to the day when the paper in newspaper is as outdated as the sail in setting sail.Or the dial in dial-up Internet, let alone dial-up Internet itself. Without Newspapers, the bums would have no BLANKETS ! Think about the poor Bums, what a selfish lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Who cares?Imo, most news in papers (aside from sports and financial) are full of editorial's and not journalism. It's amazing (especially with The NY Times and Washington Post) that what passes as journalism is in fact riddled with opinion.Have you ever considered that maybe newspapers "riddled with opinion" might actually be a good thing? What are arguably the country's two best newspapers - the NY Times and the Wall Street Journal - are both famous for being strongly opinionated, but that doesn't mean they don't have good journalism. I much prefer a strongly opinionated quality paper, like the WSJ or NYT, to most newspapers that go out of their way to have no opinions one way or another and thereby end up as bland dreck (the Chronicle springs to mind). I read both the NYT and the WSJ and have no problem with either one's political leanings. They don't make any bones about it, and that's perfectly fair to the reader. Remember, freedom of the press is all about the right to be as "riddled with opinion" as you please. Back on topic, it is a little surprising to see the Chronicle that high on the list, right after the Chicago and the national papers, since this is about the 10th largest metro area. I guess what is more surprising is that the papers in larger metro areas, like Boston and San Francisco, are lagging. The numbers would be more meaningful if there were a way to incorporate online "circulation". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elecpharm Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 The numbers would be more meaningful if there were a way to incorporate online "circulation".agreed. why subscribe when one can simply read the news online. as for online readership:The Austin American-Statesman's Web sites had the greatest local reach among large U.S. newspaper sites, according to a new ranking of the 100 largest markets by the Newspaper Association of America.Scarborough Research, which conducts the study, estimates that 31 percent of adults in the Austin metro area read statesman.com and/or austin360.com in a typical month."We're pleased that we're doing things right," said Jim Debth, Internet general manager for the Statesman. "We've always been very strong in this survey. But this is the first time we've been No. 1."The next-highest-rated sites were The Washington Post (27 percent), San Diego Union-Tribune (23 percent) and San Antonio Express-News (21 percent).Statesman.com also is a finalist for an EPpy award for best design of a news media Web site with fewer than 1 million monthly visitors."The redesign in December has gone a long way in improving viewership," Debth said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfootball Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Noticed the Dallas Morning News wasn't listed, is that because they were caught falsifying their circulation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Yup.They would have been around 475,000, just below the Chronicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elecpharm Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 The Dallas Morning News was not included in the report because of an ongoing audit.source:statesman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted May 9, 2006 Share Posted May 9, 2006 Back on topic, it is a little surprising to see the Chronicle that high on the list, right after the Chicago and the national papers, since this is about the 10th largest metro area. I guess what is more surprising is that the papers in larger metro areas, like Boston and San Francisco, are lagging. The numbers would be more meaningful if there were a way to incorporate online "circulation".I think the reason the Houston and Chicago numbers were so close is because Houston has a single large paper, and Chicago has two large papers. Some of the other papers listed are also in multi-paper markets, which will natrually bring their numbers down closer to those of single-paper markets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted May 10, 2006 Share Posted May 10, 2006 Boston is still a two paper town, although the Herald is a joke.San Fran competes with the San Jose Mercury News and I wouldn't be surprised if there's an Oakland-East Bay paper too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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