U.S. newspaper circulation plunge accelerates

http://www.reuters.com/article/BROKER/idUSN2633378520091026

The plunge in U.S. newspaper circulation is accelerating, according to the latest figures released on Monday, as more people cancel their subscriptions and publishers cut distribution and sales of discounted copies.

Average weekday circulation at 379 daily newspapers fell 10.6 percent to about 30.4 million copies for the six months that ended on Sept. 30, 2009 from the same period last year, according to the U.S. Audit Bureau of Circulations.

The pace of decline more than doubled compared with last year. From September 2007 to September 2008, circulation fell 4.6 percent.

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Circulation at only one U.S. paper rose among the top 25; News Corp's Wall Street Journal said circulation rose 0.6 percent to 2.02 million.

It took the top position in size after Gannett Co Inc (GCI.N) reported a 17 percent circulation decline for USA Today as hotels cut back free copies of the paper.

News Corp fared less well with the New York Post, whose weekday circulation fell almost 19 percent. Its daily tabloid rival New York Daily News, owned by Boston Properties (BXP.N) co-founder Mort Zuckerman, reported a 14 percent decline.

I hate sitting at a computer for hours just to read the news.

why. Most newspapers are mostly republican orientated. Even the grand old lady the Washington Post went republican. People that read newspapers are not a lot of republicans. We just got tired of all that bush butt kissing. And now over the top crap about how the democrats are ruining this country.

the Newspapers.