The Dallas Morning News overstated circulation for its daily and Sunday editions, and its top circulation executive has resigned, according to its parent company in a report published by the
Associated Press. Belo Corp. said the newspaper overstated its daily circulation by 1.5 percent and Sunday circulation by 5 percent, mostly as a result of a 1999 change in the way the paper counted
unsold returned copies.
The overstatement--combined with other declines in circulation--would lead the Morning News to report an overall decline of 5 percent in daily circulation and 11.5
percent on Sundays for the six-month period ending Sept. 30, compared to a year earlier.
The Dallas-based company said an internal investigation was continuing. Belo did not name the executive
who resigned.
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