Chron circulation dips 3.6 percent : Lone Star Times

Chron circulation dips 3.6 percent

by Matt Bramanti · 10/30/2006 11:48 am

The Chronicle’s circulation slide continues, according to Editor & Publisher:

Houston Chronicle: 508,097, (-3.6%)

Our beloved hometown rag, despite dumping free copies all over town, is losing circulation at the rate of more than 100 copies a day, every day.

Here are the last few E&P circulation numbers for Houston’s Leading Information Source:

Down 3.6 percent (through March 2006)
Down 6 percent (through September 2005)
Down 3.9 percent (through March 2005)

[Hat-tip: Dr. Whited]

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Comments

8 Responses to “Chron circulation dips 3.6 percent”

malcolm on October 30th, 2006 at 12:01 pm

Oneth! Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch of folks!
Narly on October 30th, 2006 at 12:19 pm

I miss the Post.
stogusmaximus on October 30th, 2006 at 12:36 pm

This is the form email I send to the Chron when I receive the “free copies”, since sending the email, they have greatly reduced littering my yard.

To: onlinesubscriptions@chron.com

Please stop delivering the complimentary editions of your newspaper to my address. Your paper is unread, and unwanted at my home and therefore should not be delivered.

I consider these deliveries as littering my property as ask that you stop at once.

I am also sending a copy of this email to the advertiser in your paper who sponsored the complimentary issue.

[My Name]
[My Address]
Me_Myself_n_I on October 30th, 2006 at 12:49 pm

Those numbers don’t add up…

Sep 06 circulation = 508,097 (-3.6%)
This indicates the previous circulation count in Mar 06 should be 527,072 not 513,387 as indicated in the Sep 2005 circulation post http://lonestartimes.com/2006/05/08/newspaper-circulation-skid-continues/

If it was truly a 3.6% decline, the correct circulation number should be 494,905. Otherwise the decline is a MERE 1.03%.

Please correct me, if I’ve missed something…
tedtam on October 30th, 2006 at 1:25 pm

And we are surprised how???
Neocon on October 30th, 2006 at 2:51 pm

Yawn :0
Al Williams on October 30th, 2006 at 4:25 pm

newspapers are so last century….
vlou on October 30th, 2006 at 10:01 pm

I don’t care about reading about Liberals who spin the news events, etc. to their own liking and mislead the public. They are not fair in publishing the facts or the truth.