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April 13, 2007updated 17 May 2007 11:30am

National newspaper sales for March – full round up

By Press Gazette

March again saw nearly every national newspaper losing print sales.

The daily newspaper market declined overall by 3.34 per cent to an average of 11,593,832 copies a day.

While the Sunday market was slightly more stable, dropping 2.43 per to an overall average weekly sale of 12,544,035.

The Financial Times was the only national newspaper to post a year-on-year rise in sales – up 3.37 per cent to 461,033.

For full analysis of the figures, including a unique league table based on paid for circulation growth, see this week’s Press Gazette magazine.


Full March sales round-up

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Daily Mirror: 1,542,414, down 5.64 per cent

Daily Record: 401,354, down 9.17 per cent

Daily Star: 771,989, down 1.47 per cent

The Sun: 3,031,724, down 2.55 per cent

National morning mid market

Daily Express: 758,753, down 8.8 per cent

The Daily Mail: 2,342,915, down 2.29 per cent

National morning quality

The Daily Telegraph: 896, 197, down 0.59 per cent

Financial Times: 461,033, up 3.37 per cent

The Herald: 71,388, down 6.07 per cent

The Guardian: 366,233, down 3.58 per cent

The Independent: 252,714, down 1.23 per cent

The Times: 639,547, down 4.54 per cent

London evening

Evening Standard: 266,575, down 17.75 per cent

National sporting

Racing Post: 80,343, down 7.03 per cent

National Sunday popular

Daily Star Sunday: 375,835, down 2.57 per cent

News of the World: 3,308,111, down 4.32 per cent

Sunday Mail: 495,880, down 6.22 per cent

Sunday Mirror: 1,380,560, down 4.6 per cent

The People: 730,721, down 13.94 per cent

Sunday Sport: 100,901, down 24.13 per cent


National Sunday mid market

Sunday Express: 778,766, down 12.93 per cent

The Mail on Sunday: 2,253,450, down 0.77 per cent


National Sunday quality

Independent on Sunday: 228,234, down 2.13 per cent

The Observer: 455,707, down 3.8 per cent

Scotland on Sunday: 73,529, down 5.49 per cent

Sunday Herald: 55,081, down 7.28 per cent

The Sunday Telegraph: 642,466, down 6.83 per cent

The Sunday Times: 1,236,911, down 8.8 per cent

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