Top 25 Gainers in COMBINED Print and Online, from ABC and Scarborough

By: E&P Staff Newspapers are more than just print editions. When factoring in Web sites, readership grows much stronger. Here are the top 25 newspapers with the largest increases in print and online audience based on designated market areas, provided by Scarborough Research on behalf of the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The figures are for the past seven days in print/30 days online net combined audience with annual percent changes.


LUZERNE COUNTY NEWSPAPERS, WILKES-BARRE, PA*. -- 234,989 -- 14.6%
GREENSBURG (PA.) TRIBUNE-REVIEW -- 804,035 -- 13.58%
THE TAMPA (FLA.) TRIBUNE -- 1,436,235 -- 11.35%
SPARTANBURG (S.C.) HERALD-JOURNAL -- 255,322 -- 10.93%
SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL, FORT LAUDERDALE (West Palm Beach, DMA) -- 364,564 -- 9.37%

THE OAKLAND (CALIF.) TRIBUNE -- 646,697 -- 8.35%
THE NEWS TRIBUNE, TACOMA, WASH. -- 603,672 -- 7.94%
THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, NEW ORLEANS -- 837,190 -- 7.10%
GREENSBORO (N.C.) NEWS & RECORD -- 426,687 -- 6.41%
THE ROANOKE (VA.) TIMES -- 433,063 -- 6.30%

CONTRA COSTA (CALIF.) TIMES -- 770,917 -- 6.27%
MOBILE (ALA.) PRESS-REGISTER -- 450,344 -- 6.13%
THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE -- 666,377 -- 6.08%
THE CHARLESTON (W.VA.) GAZETTE -- 265,479 -- 5.76%
ASBURY PARK PRESS, NEPTUNE, N.J. -- 853,809 -- 5.35%

THE DENVER POST -- 1,538,914 -- 5.04%
THE COURIER-JOURNAL, LOUISVILLE, KY. -- 841,600 -- 4.81%
THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL, MEMPHIS, TENN. -- 768,963 -- 4.81%
WILKES-BARRE (PA.) TIMES LEADER -- 195,455 -- 4.81%
HOUSTON CHRONICLE -- 2,511,425 -- 4.77%

EL NUEVO HERALD -- 467,242 -- 4.53%
THE BIRMINGHAM (ALA.) NEWS -- 790,180 -- 4.48%
CHARLESTON (W.VA.) DAILY MAIL -- 244,845 -- 4.46%
THE COLUMBUS (OHIO) DISPATCH -- 1,079,708 -- 4.41%
THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER -- 1,076,811 -- 4.41%
HUNTINGTON (W.VA.) HERALD-DISPATCH -- 167,863 -- 4.24%

Check out E&P's list of the top 25 daily papers in the nation by circ, here. Go here for a list of the top 25 papers on Sunday. And For a list of the top 10 gainers this time around, go here.

Go here for analysis of today's FAS-FAX results, by E&P Senior Editor Jennifer Saba.

*Due to a review by ABC, Luzerne County Newspapers have been added to the list.