Little change in circulation numbers at L.A. newspapers. (Media & Technology).Circulation levels at the Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Times Morning daily newspaper. Established in 1881, it was purchased and incorporated in 1884 by Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917) under The Times-Mirror Co. (the hyphen was later dropped from the name). and its largest competitors in the L.A. area mostly held steady for the six months ended March 31, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. unaudited figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations The Audit Bureau of Circulations is one of the several organizations of the same name operating in different parts of the world. It audits circulation, readership, and audience information for the magazines, newspapers, and other publications produced by , but several niche publications in the region showed wide fluctuations. Daily circulation at the Times, which is owned by Chicago-based Tribune Co., fell about six-tenths of 1 percent, to an average of 979,549 daily subscribers for Monday through Saturday. The Times tracks Monday-Wednesday and Thursday-Saturday figures separately. Monday-Wednesday circulation fell 1.5 percent to 945,053, while Thursday-Saturday circulation rose one-fifth of 1 percent to one million. Sunday circulation held nearly steady at 1 ,396,045 copies, a gain of less than one-tenth of 1 percent. "Our readers have responded very favorably to the redesigned Sunday Calendar section' John Puemer, publisher of the Times, said in a statement. "We are very pleased with our continuing momentum on Sunday and growth in Thursday to Saturday circulation?' The Times said its daily circulation continued to be affected by single-copy and home delivery price increases that were implemented in 2001. Most of the papers owned by William Dean
William Dean (b. 1840-01-08, d. 1905-09-04) was the Chief Locomotive Engineer for the Great Western Railway from 1877, when he succeeded Joseph Armstrong. Singleton's MediaNews Group Not to be confused with Media General, an unrelated newspaper and TV group. MediaNews Group, based in Denver, Colorado, is one of the largest newspaper companies in the United States. Inc., including the Daily News of Los Angeles, the Pasadena Star-News and the Long Beach Press Telegram, saw little change. Their circulation levels have stabilized from a year ago, when they were still recovering from a price increase in March 2001. The Daily News averaged 177,562 copies Monday through Friday, a gain of 394 readers from a year ago. The Star-News, Press Telegram, San Gabriel Valley The San Gabriel Valley is one of the principal valleys of southern California. It lies to the east of the city of Los Angeles, to the north of the Puente Hills, to the south of the San Gabriel Mountains, and to the west of the Inland Empire. Tribune and Whittier Daily News -Telegram all posted small circulation gains. "Any time you have a price increase, you have to go through a decline for a year' said Jack Klunder, vice president of circulation at Los Angeles Newspaper Group The Los Angeles Newspaper Group is an umbrella group of local daily newspapers published in the greater Los Angeles area by MediaNews Group. The news coverage of the newspapers are mainly local stories. , a unit of MediaNews Group. Price increases have affected other major newspapers nationwide. The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times raised its price from 75 cents to $1 and saw a circulation decrease of 5.3 percent for the period. The New York Post The New York Post is the 13th-oldest newspaper published in the United States and the oldest to have been published continually as a daily.[3] Since 1976, it has been owned by Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation and is one of the 10 cut its price to 25 cents from 50 cents in Sept. 2000, which helped drive its 10.2 percent gain for the period ended March 31. Reporter makes gains Meanwhile, average daily circulation at the Hollywood Reporter, the entertainment industry publication, jumped 9.8 percent from the year-ago period, to 25,494. The figures exclude the weekly version of the publication, which comes out each Tuesday and showed an even stronger gain of 19.2 percent, to 40,366. The Reporter has been focusing on e-mail and online marketing campaigns that promote paid subscriptions, said Rick Wilkes, its director of marketing and promotions. Targeted email blasts were especially key to the increase, he said. By comparison, rival Daily Variety -- published each weekday -- showed a more modest gain of 2.4 percent, to 34,807 for the six-month period, according to Bob Conklin, vice president of circulation. The weekly version of the paper, which comes out on Mondays, showed a 4.7 percent circulation gain, to 35,904. (Variety's figures haven't yet been published by ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. .) Conklin said Variety has been using "standard stuff' to stimulate circulation. "I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what they could have done," Conklin said, referring to the Reporter's gains. "I'll have to look at it?' Other locally based papers showing circulation fluctuations included Investor's Business Daily Investor's Business Daily (IBD) is a national newspaper in the United States, published Monday through Friday, that covers international business, finance, and the global economy. Founded in 1984 by William O'Neil, its headquarters are in Los Angeles, California. , whose circulation fell 11 percent, to 242,661. Monday through Saturday circulation at the Daily Breeze in Torrance fell by 6.4 percent, and at La Opinion, L.A.'s largest Spanish-language newspaper, it fell 2 percent. The numbers represent a reversal for La Opinion, which is half owned by Tribune Co. A year ago, the paper posted a gain of nearly 10,000 readers by focusing on areas with strong Hispanic population growth, such as Santa Clarita, East Los Angeles East Los Angeles, uninc. city (1990 pop. 126,379), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential suburb of Los Angeles, in an industrial area. It has a large Mexican-American population. There is a performing arts center and a cultural center. A junior college is there. and North Orange County. Over the past year, the paper implemented price increases or eliminated delivery in outlying areas, such as Barstow and San Diego, causing overall circulation to decrease. "We are not unhappy about the decrease, as it was planned. Numbers in core L.A. areas were flat," said Bob Karcher, chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. at La Opinion. Officials at the Daily Breeze and Investor's Business Daily didn't return calls.
Mixed Message
Six-month average daily circulation for the period ended March 31.
Change from same
Publication Circulation period in 2002
Los Angeles Times (1) 979,549 (0.6%)
Investor's Business Daily 242,661 (11)
Daily News of Los Angeles 177,562 0.2
La Opinion 125,862 (2)
Long Beach Press-Telegram 96,576 1.9
Daily Breeze (2) 73,927 (6.4)
San Gabriel Valley Tribune 48,856 1.1
Pasadena Star-News 35,154 1
Hollywood Reporter (3) 25,494 9.8
Whittier Daily News 17,325 0.8
(1)Combined avenge of Mon-Wed. and Thurs.-Sat. circulations.
(2)Mon.-Sat. average.
(3)Mon.-Fri. average, excluding Tues. weekly edition.
Source: Audit Bureau of Circulations
Note: Table made from bar graph
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