Daily circulation fell 2.8% at US newspapers in the six-month period ending in September, while Sunday circulation fell 3.4%. The decline is in line with a long-term trend of falling sales. USA Today remained the top-seller with 2,269,509 sales, down 1.3% from a year ago, and the second-placed Wall Street Journal fell 1.9% to 2,043,235. The Los Angeles Times suffered the largest drop among major newspapers with a decline of 8% to 775,766.
New York's two tabloids were the only newspapers in the top 20 titles to add copies. The New York Post rose by 5.1% to 704,011, edging ahead of the New York Daily News, which increased by 1% to 693,382. Canada's papers also suffered from overall falls. (Via USA Today)
