Newspaper Circulations
Just been reading the latest circulation figures for our major newspapers. The changes in the last year are quite stark. They are:
- Herald on Sunday up 5,801 (+6.4%) to 96,069
- NZ Herald up 240 (+0.1%) to 170,677
- The Press down 1,988 (-2.4%) to 81,017
- ODT down 1,458 (-3.6%) to 39,097
- Sunday Star-Times down 6,939 (-4.1%) to 160,592
- Dominion Post down 4,053 (-4.6%) to 84,047
- NBR down 473 (-4.9%) to 9,093
- Sunday News down 11,287 (-17.9%) to 51,740
Fairfax has to be worried by these results. The two major APN titles have increased or held steady and the main Fairfax newspaper titles are all dropping.
Sunday News especially is in freefall. Over two years it has lost 31,385 subscribers which is a massive 38% fall. It won’t remain viable if those trends continue.