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April 21, 2016

Bulks helped Times and Telegraph grow their print circulations year on year in March

By Dominic Ponsford

The Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph both grew their print circulations year on year in March 2016 with the help of more free bulk copies being distributed.
When free copies are taken out of the equation both titles both still put in comparitively strong performances with The Times down 1.5 per cent year on year and the Daily Telegraph down 1.4 per cent.
The only titles to put in genuine sales rises were the Daily and Sunday Star, helped by price cuts which see them currently selling for 20p and 50p respectively.
While the Daily Star rose 14.5 per cent year on year to 485,652, the Daily Mirror (which sells for 60p) fell 12.7 per cent year on year to 784,122.
Trinity Mirror's new daily title The New Day, which launched at the end of February, has yet to register with ABC for auditing.
It does not appear to have taken any sales away from existing titles.
UK national newspaper circulation figures for March 2016 (source ABC)
Title Avg sales Month-on-month % change Year-on-year % change Bulk copies
The Sun 1,739,206 -0.15 -6.4 71,106
Daily Mail 1,576,121 0.88 -3.09 74,655
The Sun on Sunday 1,418,402 0.42 -3.83 73,891
The Mail on Sunday 1,369,200 -0.86 -5.21 68,107
Metro (free) 1,346,414 -0.08 -0.01
London Evening Standard (free) 891,746 -1.14 -1.28
Daily Mirror 784,122 -0.97 -12.66 44,999
The Sunday Times 771,169 0.67 -2.44 46,775
Sunday Mirror 715,383 -2.32 -14.34 45,000
Daily Star 485,652 2.7 14.42
The Daily Telegraph 481,525 1.82 0.47 8,795
The Times 420,570 4.42 7.57 56,050
Daily Express 415,022 0.46 -6.79
Sunday Express 365,754 -0.37 -4.99
The Sunday Telegraph 359,631 0.74 -3.91 9,954
Independent Group 325,166 0.42 -2.24 82,770
Daily Star – Sunday 298,238 -0.13 16.44
Sunday People 277,021 -1.95 -15.99 7,000
i 270,182 0.21 -1.34 67,251
Financial Times 202,826 3.74 -4.97 21,896
Sunday Mail 187,583 -0.52 -14.14 3,810
The Observer 184,252 0.36 -5.05
Daily Record 173,061 -0.84 -13.52 4,954
The Guardian 164,630 2.16 -5.89
Sunday Post 161,498 -0.49 -11.64
City AM (free) 96,349 -1.66 -11.59
Independent on Sunday 94,124 4.29 -2.53 49,176
The Independent 54,984 1.47 -6.41 15,519

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