Los Angeles Times Watch: Times Loses 4.2 % in Daily Circulation

The Los Angeles Times continues to lose circulation:

The comparisons are based on the six-month period ending March 2007 and the six-month period ending March 2006.

4.2 % loss in daily circulation to 815,723

4.7% loss in Sunday circulation to 1,173,096

Other notable newspapers:

The three large national papers made some strides in increases. However, The New York Times, which usually experiences small gains, lost daily circulation, down 1.9% to 1,120,420 while Sunday fell 3.3% to 1,627,062. USA Today reported that daily circulation was up 0.2% to 2,278,022. As reported earlier, The Wall Street Journal also increased, up 0.6% to 2,062,312.

The Washington Post lost 3.4% of its weekday circ to 699,130 copies. Sunday fell 3.2% to 929,921.

Daily circulation at The Orange County (Calif.) Register slipped 5% to 284,613 while Sunday was down 7% to 329,549.

Flap is happy to report that blog readership has increased.

But, it is a rare event indeed that I see anyone reading a newsprint newspaper in public and most of my colleagues, friends and acquaintances do not subscribe.

Technorati Tags: Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal