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Sunday, April 26, 2009
Can McClatchy survive the advertising meltdown?
Michael Lidtke explains why analysts wonder if McClatchy can generate enough cash to keep its lenders happy through the rest of 2009.
NEW YORK Here are the top 25 daily newspapers ranked by circulation for the six months ending March 2009 according to ABC. The percent change compares daily circulation for the same period ending in March 2008. Please note daily averages are Monday through Friday.
USA TODAY -- 2,113,725 – (-7.46%) WALL STREET JOURNAL -- 2,082,189 -- 0.61% L.A. TIMES -- 723,181 -- (-6.55%) WASHINGTON POST -- 665,383 -- (-1.16%) NEW YOK DAILY NEWS -- 602,857 -- (-14.26%) NEW YORK POST -- 558,140 -- (-20.55%) CHICAGO TRIBUNE -- 501,202 -- (-7.47%) HOUSTON CHRONICLE -- 425,138 -- (-13.96%) ARIZONA REPUBLIC -- 389,701 -- (-5.72%) DENVER POST (02/28/2009 to 03/31/2009) -- 371,728 -- N/A NEWSDAY -- 368,194 -- (-3.01%) DALLAS MORNING NEWS -- 331,907 -- (-9.88%) MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE -- 320,076 -- (-0.71%) CHICAGO SUN-TIMES -- 312,141 -- (-0.04%) SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE -- 312,118 -- (-15.72%) BOSTON GLOBE -- 302,638 -- (-13.68%) CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER -- 291,630 -- (-11.70%) DETROIT FREE PRESS -- 290,730 -- (-5.90%) PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER -- 288,298 -- (-13.72%) ST. PETERSBURG TIMES -- 283,093 -- (-10.42%) OREGONION -- 268,512 -- (-11.76%) ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION -- 261,828 -- (-19.91%) SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE -- 261,253 -- (-9.53%)
Down and outer asks, "Did you censor the New York Times figures?"
Who believes anything the NYT puts out? Their sludge, their cooked circ figures, their polls, their anything? Not me, ignore them is the best advice I ever received.
It's not the NYT's own circulation figures that Anon 7:15 "forgot" to include. It's the Audit Bureau of Circulation's figures. Why did Anon 7:15 cut the NYT circulation out of the list?
8 comments:
The only melt down they’ll survive, is all those yucky DNC teabags that burst in their mouths.
Other than that...Chapter 11 time Baby!
na na na na
na na na na
hey hey hey
GOOD BYE
Simonton said he doesn't know how much more McClatchy can afford to cut without alienating readers and advertisers.
"At some point, you cut to a level where you are left with a product no one wants to buy," Simonton said.
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We have arrived at that point.
CAN MNI SURVIVE... UM, NO!
"Oh it's crying time gain.. (SING IT WITH ME!)"
Top 25 Papers in Daily Circ in new FAS-FAX
NEW YORK Here are the top 25 daily newspapers ranked by circulation for the six months ending March 2009 according to ABC. The percent change compares daily circulation for the same period ending in March 2008. Please note daily averages are Monday through Friday.
USA TODAY -- 2,113,725 – (-7.46%)
WALL STREET JOURNAL -- 2,082,189 -- 0.61%
L.A. TIMES -- 723,181 -- (-6.55%)
WASHINGTON POST -- 665,383 -- (-1.16%)
NEW YOK DAILY NEWS -- 602,857 -- (-14.26%)
NEW YORK POST -- 558,140 -- (-20.55%)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE -- 501,202 -- (-7.47%)
HOUSTON CHRONICLE -- 425,138 -- (-13.96%)
ARIZONA REPUBLIC -- 389,701 -- (-5.72%)
DENVER POST (02/28/2009 to 03/31/2009) -- 371,728 -- N/A
NEWSDAY -- 368,194 -- (-3.01%)
DALLAS MORNING NEWS -- 331,907 -- (-9.88%)
MINNEAPOLIS STAR-TRIBUNE -- 320,076 -- (-0.71%)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES -- 312,141 -- (-0.04%)
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE -- 312,118 -- (-15.72%)
BOSTON GLOBE -- 302,638 -- (-13.68%)
CLEVELAND PLAIN DEALER -- 291,630 -- (-11.70%)
DETROIT FREE PRESS -- 290,730 -- (-5.90%)
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER -- 288,298 -- (-13.72%)
ST. PETERSBURG TIMES -- 283,093 -- (-10.42%)
OREGONION -- 268,512 -- (-11.76%)
ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION -- 261,828 -- (-19.91%)
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE -- 261,253 -- (-9.53%)
Hey get a load of the 14-20% drops!
What say you MNI Marxists?
I know, I know. Who wants NOOGIES!
Anon 7:15, why did you censor the New York Times figures?
THE NEW YORK TIMES -- 1,039,031 -- (-3.55%)
Doesn't fit your preconceived notions, huh?
Down and outer asks, "Did you censor the New York Times figures?"
Who believes anything the NYT puts out? Their sludge, their cooked circ figures, their polls, their anything? Not me, ignore them is the best advice I ever received.
It's not the NYT's own circulation figures that Anon 7:15 "forgot" to include. It's the Audit Bureau of Circulation's figures. Why did Anon 7:15 cut the NYT circulation out of the list?
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