Overall newspaper circulation has been in decline since 1990, "well before the Internet," Hal Varian noted, while newspaper circulation crossed against the nation's population has been declining since 1960; and circulation per household has been dropping since -- wait for it -- 1945.
You can't blame the Web for that.
newspaper circulationGoogle Economist Explains Why You Won't Pay For Online NewsDigg - Business & Finance Fri, 01/29/2010 - 12:00
Drop in Newspaper Circulation AcceleratesNYT > Business Mon, 04/27/2009 - 10:28
The rate of decline in circulation at the nation’s newspapers has accelerated since last fall, with industry figures showing a more than 7 percent drop compared with the prior year. |
