US Newspaper Circulations Decline 5% in '10

The newspaper industry had another bad year in 2010. Overall, circulation for newspapers in the U.S. declined 5 percent during the six months ended Sept. 30, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations’ Fas-Fax, the industry’s semi-annual scorecard.

Just one American newspaper — the Wall Street Journal — managed to increase its
circulation during that period — up 1.82 percent. Some papers, like the
San Francisco Chronicle (11.2 percent), saw its paid circulation take a double-digit tumble.