Wall Street Journal to pass USA Today as top US paper
AFP
WASHINGTON- The Wall Street Journal said Saturday that it expects to become the largest US newspaper by weekday circulation when the latest figures are released, leapfrogging USA Today.
According to Editor and Publisher magazine, Audit Bureau of Circulations figures to be published on October 26 will show that USA Today's circulation fell 17 percent to 1.88 million for the six months ending in September.
USA Today would still remain number one in terms of total print circulation because the Journal's total circulation includes nearly 356,000 subscribers to its website, it said.
The US newspaper industry has been reeling from a steep drop in print advertising revenue, steadily declining circulation and the migration of readers to free news online.
The Wall Street Journal is currently the only major US daily to make readers pay for access to all of its content online.
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