Newspaper circulation continues to tumble. The industry reported yesterday a 1.9 percent drop in daily circulation, and a 2.5 percent decline on Sundays, over the last six months, compared with the
period a year ago. The weak numbers for 814 daily newspapers, reported by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, represent the largest circulation losses for the industry in more than a decade, and
indicate an acceleration of the decline. The rate of decline has been 0.5 percent to 1 percent since newspaper circulation peaked in the mid-1980's, analysts said.
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