Top newspaper daily circulation, 1998-2008

• Top newspapers daily circulation:

Increases 2008-1998

• USA Today (M-Thur.) 2,293,310 (2008) 1,653,428 (1998)

• Wall St. Journal 2,011,999 (2008) 1,740,450 (1998)

• New York Post 625,421 (2008) 437,467 (1998)

Decreases 2008-1998

• New York Times 1,000,665 (2008) 1,066,658 (1998)

• Los Angeles Times 739,147 (2008) 1,067,540 (1998)

• New York Daily News 632,595 (2008) 723,143 (1998)

• Washington Post 622,714 (2008) 759,122 (1998)

• Chicago Tribune (W-F) 516,032 (2008) 673,508 (1998)

• Houston Chronicle (M-Sat.) 448,271 (2008) 550,763 (1998)

• Newsday 377,517 (2008) 572,444 (1998)

SOURCE: Editor & Publisher, 10/28/08; 1998 figures are for the 6 months ending Sept., 1998 which was "before ABC dictated that all papers must report a Monday-Friday average." "Publishers were allowed to pencil in daily averages of their choice. On this list all averages are Monday-Friday unless otherwise noted." 2008 figures are the six month period ending Sept. 2008. All figures are ABC.

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