The war in Lebanon, the alleged airport terror plot and the Tommy Sheridan libel trial ensured August was anything but the normal "silly season" for news.
But the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations figures reveal that the national press in general failed to capitalise – with most titles significantly down compared with August 2005.
Among the few circulation winners was the Scottish Sun which, thanks to price cutting, lengthened the lead it took in July on the Daily Record. In August it sold 407,294 compared with the Record's Scotland-only sale of 392,844.
See next week's Press Gazette for the only league table of paid-for national newspaper sales, more analysis and Freebie Watch – a unique look at the impact of free posters, DVDs, language courses and other giveaways on sales.
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National morning popular
Daily Mirror: 1,662,930, down 6.04 per cent
Daily Record: 433,182, down 8.65 per cent
Daily Star: 828,728, down 7.26 per cent
The Sun: 3,223,841, down 4.09 per cent
National morning mid market
Daily Express: 829,504, down 5.37 per cent
The Daily Mail: 2,381,461, down 0.15 per cent
National morning quality
The Daily Telegraph: 898,289, down 0.7 per cent
Financial Times: 416,367, up 0.6 per cent
The Herald: 72,670, down 6.09 per cent
The Guardian: 362,844, up 6.19 per cent
The Independent: 254,854, down 0.41 per cent
The Scotsman: 63,414, down 11.92 per cent
The Times: 675,030, down 0.76 per cent
London evening
Evening Standard: 313,181, down 1.03 per cent
National sporting
Racing Post: 76,009, down 0.99 per cent
National Sunday popular
Daily Star Sunday: 421,708, down 3.03 per cent
News of the World: 3,538,886, down 5.87 per cent
Sunday Mail: 533,776, down 5.8 per cent
Sunday Mirror: 1,463,970, down 6.06 per cent
The People: 859,808, down 9.09 per cent
Sunday Sport: 107,474, down 32.54 per cent
National Sunday mid market
Sunday Express: 826,730, down 10.1 per cent
The Mail on Sunday: 2,285,632, up 0.58 per cent
National Sunday quality
Independent on Sunday: 218,240, up 7.91 per cent
The Observer: 439,892, up 3.32 per cent
Scotland on Sunday: 79,221, down 8.99 per cent
Sunday Herald: 57,519, down 6.76 per cent
The Sunday Telegraph: 653,664, down 2.4 per cent
The Sunday Times: 1,354,489, down 0.25 per cent
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