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The New York Times Announces Solid Circulation Gains

Wednesday 06. November 2013 - For the six-month period ending September 29, 2013, The New York Times saw strong circulation growth according to the just released Alliance for Audited Media (AAM) report. Total average circulation, which includes total print and total digital, was 1,897,890 for Monday-Friday and 2,391,986 for Sunday.

The gains in total average circulation over the same period one year ago were 18% for Monday-Friday and 14% for Sunday. As with the last reporting period, these gains can largely be attributed to the continuing popularity of The Times’s digital subscription packages.
For this most recent AAM reporting period, total average digital circulation for Monday-Friday was 1,221,257 (up 36% over one year ago) and for Sunday, it was 1,167,917 (up 37%). This category of circulation includes all paid and verified digital subscription copies as well as paid subscriptions to replica editions and e-readers including Amazon’s Kindle and the Barnes & Noble NOOK.
For the six-month period ending September 29, 2013, total average print circulation for The New York Times for Monday-Friday was 676,633 and total average print circulation for Sunday was 1,224,269. These figures represent declines; -5.7% for Monday-Friday and -2.1% on Sunday, when compared to the same period last year.