Bad figures for US papers

Some quite awful sales figures from the States as figures released on Monday by the Audit Bureau of Circulation show falling about 10 percent in the six months ended Sept. 30 compared to the same period last year.

Daily newspaper circulation dropped 7.1 percent between October 2008 and March 2009 period, and 4.6 percent from April to September period of 2008,

reports the bureau.

One of the worst hit papers was USA Today, a reflection of the slump in the hotel and airline industries.

The New York Times’ weekday circulation fell 7.3 percent, to about 928,000, after two decades above 1 million.

The best selling paper now in the US is the Wall Street journal.It sells around at just over 2 million up around 0.6 per cent.

Source NYT