资源描述：
《同等学力英语阅读理解练习及解析(十三)》由会员上传分享，免费在线阅读，更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、ManageAlerts
2、WhatIsThis?NEWYORK(AP)--Newspapercirculationfell2.6percentinthesix-monthperiodendinginMarch,accordingtodatareleasedMonday,asmorepeopleturnedtotheInternetandothermediaoutletsfornewsandinformation.Thedeclineinaveragepaidweekdaycirculationwasa
3、boutthesameastheprevioussix-monthreportingcyclefortheperiodendinglastSeptember,accordingtotheNewspaperAssociationofAmerica,atradegroup.AveragepaidcirculationatSundaynewspapersfell3.1percentversusthesameperiodayearago,alsoacomparabledeclinewiththelasttim
4、ecirculationtallieswerereported,theNAAsaid.ThefigureswerebasedonNAA'sanalysisofcirculationfiguresreleasedMondaybytheAuditBureauofCirculations,aseparategroupwhichreportsfiguresonindividualnewspapersbutnotindustrywidedata.Despitethedeclinesinpaidcopies,th
5、eNAAalsoreportedMondaythatnewspaper-runWebsiteshadan8percentincreaseinviewersinthefirstquarter.ThedatafromNielsen/NetRatingsfoundthatnewspaperWebsitesaveraged56millionusersintheperiod,or37percentofallonlineusersintheperiod,theNAAsaid.AccordingtoAuditBur
6、eaudata,GannettCo.'sUSATodayremainedthetop-sellingnewspaperwith2,272,815copies,up0.09percentfromthesameperiodayearago;whileTheWallStreetJournal,publishedbyDowJones&Co.,wassecondwith2,049,786,down1percent.Severaltopnewspapersreportedsignificantdeclinesin
7、theperiod,includingTribuneCo.'sLosAngelesTimes,down5.4percentat851,832;TheWashingtonPost,down3.7percentat724,242;theNewYorkDailyNews,alsodown3.7percentat708,477.NewsCorp.'sNewYorkPostslipped0.7percentto673,379.ThelargestslumpatamajordailycameattheSanFra
8、nciscoChronicle,whereaveragepaidweekdaycirculationfell15.6percentto398,246asthenewspapercontinuedtocutbackonlessdesirablecirculationsuchascopiespaidforbyadvertisersandthendistributedforfree.BesidesUSAToday,ahandfulofothermajornewspapersreportedmodestcir
9、culationgainsintheperiod:TheNewYorkTimes,up0.5percentat1,142,464;TribuneCo.'sChicagoTribune,up0.9percentat579,079;andTheStar-LedgerofNewark,N.J.,up0.9percentat398,329.TheStar-LedgerisownedbyAdvancePublicationsInc.1.Newspapercircu
