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'WSJ' Still No. 1 U.S. Newspaper
- YahooNews, Thursday, November 3, 2011 2:26 PM
No big surprises here -- but the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations for the six months ending Sept. 30 showed The Wall Street Journal retaining its position atop the list, with average weekday circulation of 2.1 million. Next came USA Today, with the New York Times number three.
An apples-to-apples comparison with the same period last year doesn't really work because of rule changes on what counts as circulation. But set against the figures for the preceding six months, which do have the same criteria, "the Times saw its circulation grow 25%, primarily because of the new digital policies," writes Barbara Ortutay.
