You would think at some point they would start asking the hard questions like; why are we so liberal and biased?
Newspapers Still Suffering Big Declines
Thursday, May 26, 2005 10:56 a.m. EDT
newsmax.com
Bad news for the newspaper industry – circulation of big-city dailies is down almost across the board.
Circulation declines ranged to as high as 11.5 percent at the Baltimore Sun compared to the same period last year, according to figures released by Editor & Publisher.
And even the New York Times, which showed a modest .24 percent gain, announced it was cutting 190 jobs at its flagship newspaper and its New England publishing group.
Here are some of the ugly figures from E & P:
Chicago Tribune: down 6.6 percent daily, 4.6 percent Sunday.
Los Angeles Times: down 6.4 percent daily, 7.9 percent Sunday.
San Francisco Chronicle: down 6 percent daily, 7.7 percent Sunday.
San Diego Union-Tribune: down 6.6 percent weekdays.
Wall Street Journal: down .8 percent.
Denver Post: down 6.3 percent daily.
Miami Herald: down 3.7 percent daily, 3.9 percent Sunday.
Washington Post: down 2.6 percent daily, 2.4 percent Sunday.
Arizona Republic: down 3.2 percent.
Houston Chronicle: down 3.9 percent.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: down 5.2 percent daily.
The Minneapolis Star Tribune, one of the few papers to show an increase, rose .3 percent daily, but fell 2.3 percent on Sunday.
The New York Post showed a miniscule gain in daily circulation, but was off 4 percent on Sunday.
The nation’s top-circulation paper, USA Today, was up .5 percent, taking it to 2,281,831 copies daily.
The job cuts announced by the New York Times represent about 1.5 percent of the company’s total work force.
About two-thirds of the job losses will occur at the Times. Other company units to be affected include the Boston Globe, Worcester Telegram & Gazette and Boston.com.
Company spokesman Toby Usnik called the cuts "part of an ongoing effort to streamline our operations and lower costs. It’s partly a reflection of the advertising climate, which has been difficult over the past couple of years.”
The Times last made significant job cuts in April 2001, when it eliminated 9 percent of its work force – about 1,200 jobs. |
