Top 20 Daily and Sunday Papers

By: E&P Staff ABC FAS-FAX for Top 20 Daily Papers for Six Months Ended March 31, 2004

The newspaper name is followed by average daily circulation, gain/(loss), and percentage gain/(loss).

1. USA Today, McLean, Va. (M-F*)2,280,761; 49,029; 2.2%

2. The Wall Street Journal (M-F)2,101,017**; 280,417;15.4%

3. The New York Times (M-F) 1,133,763;3,023; 0.3%

4.Los Angeles Times (M-Sat*)# 983,727;4,178; 0.5%

5. The Washington Post (M-F) 772,553;(23,814);(3%)

6.Daily News, New York (M-F)747,053;10,023;1.4%

7. New York Post (M-F) 678,012;57,932;9.3%

8. Chicago Tribune (M-F*)614,548;(6,557);(1.1%)

9. Newsday, Melville, N.Y. (M-F) 580,346;995;0.2%

10. Houston Chronicle (M-Sat)549,300;792;0.1%

11. The Dallas Morning News (M-F*) 529,879;(2,172); (0.4%)

12. San Francisco Chronicle (M-F) 501,135;(13,130);(2.6%)

13. Chicago Sun-Times (M-F)486,936; (1,551);(0.3)%

14. The Arizona Republic,Phoenix (M-Sat) 466,926;(19,205);(4%)

15.The Boston Globe (M-F) 452,109;3,334;0.7%

16. The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J. (M-F) 407,945; 215;0.0%

17. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (M-F*) 401,077;(18,491);(4.4%)

18. The Philadelphia Inquirer (M-F) 387,692;802;0.2%

19.Star Tribune, Minneapolis (M-Sat) 377,058;1,552;0.4%

20. The Plain Dealer, Cleveland
(M-Sat) 367,528;(5,609);(1.5%)

* Averages calculated by E&P.
** Includes 301,162 paid online subscriptions qualified under ABC rules. Online subscriptions were not counted in the year-ago figure.
# Change in publishing plan and/or frequency.

TOP 20 SUNDAY PAPERS

ABC FAS-FAX for Top 20 Sunday Papers for Six Months Ended March 31, 2004

1. The New York Times1,677,003;4,038;0.2%

2. Los Angeles Times1,392,672;(3,372);(0.2%)

3. The Washington Post1,025,579; (23,743); (2.2%)

4. Chicago Tribune1,002,398; (14,073);(1.4%)

5. Sunday News, New York802,103;(8,430);(1%)

6. The Denver Post/Rocky Mountain News 783,274; (7,234); (0.9%)

7. The Philadelphia Inquirer769,257;1,021; 0.1%

8.The Dallas Morning News755,912;(30,681);(3.9%)

9. Houston Chronicle740,002;613;0.0%

10. The Detroit News & Free Press705,148;(13,819); (1.9%)

11. The Boston Globe686,575;6,4921%

12. Star Tribune, Minneapolis671,275;1,913;0.3%

13.Newsday, Melville, N.Y.662,317;(3,007);(0.5%)

14. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution629,505;(29,076);(4.4%)

15. The Star-Ledger, Newark, N.J.; 610,542;1,028;0.2%

16. The Arizona Republic, Phoenix 587,159;(9,834);(1.6%)

17. San Francisco Chronicle553,983;280;0.0%

18. The Plain Dealer, Cleveland 480,540;(1,840);(0.4)%

19. The Sun, Baltimore470,453;439;0.0%

20.The Seattle Times/Post-Intelligencer 465,830;(8,918);(1.9%)