Top 20 Daily Newspapers

By: Editorial Staff ABC FAS-FAX for top 20 Daily Newspapers for six months ended March 31, 2000.

average daily circulation//gain/loss period last year

1.The Wall Street Journal (M-F)1,812,590+20,138 (+1.1%)
2.USA Today (M-Thu)*1,757,699+18,405 (+1.0%)
3.Los Angeles Times (M-F)1,153,706+55,359 (+5.0%)
4.The New York Times (M-F)1,149,576+14,602 (+1.3%)
5.The Washington Post (M-F)812,559+3,500 (+0.4%)
6.Daily News, New York (M-F)730,542+1,093 (+0.1%)
7.Chicago Tribune (W-F)**674,603 +1,431 (+0.2%)
8.Newsday (M-F)575,595 +2,053 (+0.4%)
9.Houston Chronicle (M-Sat)553,462+11,680 (+2.1%)
10.The Dallas Morning News496,182+16,934 (+3.5%)
(M-Thu)
11.Chicago Sun-Times (M-F) 482,234+4,932 (+1.0%)
12.The Arizona Republic, Phoenix482,003-156 (0%)
(M-F)
13.The Boston Globe (M-F)477,074+7,763 (+1.6%)
14.San Francisco Chronicle 464,943-10,301 (-2.2%)
(M-F)
15.Denver Rocky Mountain News446,465+90,416 (+25.4%)
(M-Sat)
16.New York Post (M-F) 436,544+2,770 (+0.6%)
17.The Denver Post (M-Sat) 413,730+43,308 (+11.7%)
18.The Star-Ledger, Newark (M-F)406,569+1,023 (+0.3%)
19.Star Tribune, Minneapolis/St. Paul406,409 +6,073 (+1.5%)
(Thu-Sat)***
20.The Philadelphia Inquirer (M-F)404,860+2,892 (+0.7%)
All 20 are morning papers. Publisher's statement not filed by ABC press time: The Plain Dealer, Cleveland, in 18th place last year.



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