Patterico’s Pontifications

10/31/2004

L.A. Times Circulation Drops Drastically

Filed under: Dog Trainer — Patterico @ 12:13 am

This news is a couple of days old, but so many people continue to send me the link that I am starting to feel it would be malpractice to ignore it any longer: the L.A. Times has suffered a steep decline in its circulation.

Does this have anything to do with the paper’s notorious bias, as I document on this site with appalling regularity?

You make the call.

5 Comments

  1. Patterico,

    The day will come when your own site gets more visitors than the LA Times has subscribers for its paper. Of course, at the rate the LAT is going, you might be able to accomplish that just by standing still :)

    Comment by ras — 10/31/2004 @ 12:47 am

  2. Hey, aren’t you the guy whose comments were limited to 4 a day on TalkLeft?

    Frees you up to comment here some more!

    Comment by Patterico — 10/31/2004 @ 1:05 am

  3. Well, I guess that the loony left will have to buy two papers apiece to keep it afloat.

    As I mentioned in another post, now is the time to return those subscription solicitations telling them why you would rather read the phone book than the LAT at any price. Hey, the postage is prepaid!

    Comment by Patricia — 10/31/2004 @ 5:56 pm

  4. AND THE LOSER IS .. THE LA TIMES
    which continues its circulation free-fall — down a staggering 5.6 percent in just 6 months. The loss of circulation couldn’t have happened to a more deserving newspaper. The paper…

    Trackback by PRESTOPUNDIT -- "It's a team sport, baby!" — 11/2/2004 @ 12:45 am

  5. I for one can certainly understand their declining circulation. As a 25 year subscriber I ended it a year ago after the horrible way Arnold was treated by the Times editoral board. I wrote a letter to Mr. Carrol to let him know my feelings.

    Comment by John Oakden — 11/3/2004 @ 2:56 pm

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