Newspaper circulation down in September

Australian newspaper circulation fell 1.1 percent in the September quarter, but stood up well compared to its overseas counterparts, new data shows.

According to Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) figures, sales of metropolitan newspapers fell 1.1 percent in the three months to September 30, compared with the previous corresponding period.

However, The Newspaper Works, the non-profit body set up to promote the industry, said the figures highlighted the resilience of the industry and were in sharp contrast to the circulation figures from overseas.

“Just as the Australian economy has proven more resilient than the rest of the world, so too have our newspapers,” The Newspaper Works chief executive Tony Hale said in a statement.

The highest selling newspaper in the September quarter was Sydney’s Sunday Telegraph at 639,354 copies; while the Monday to Friday edition of the Australian Financial Review recorded the largest decline in circulation, falling by 9.7 percent to 79,201 copies from 87,702.

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