Print sales up for Murdoch, down for the rest

[nero_bolt]

Sucks to be the left leaning papers, down and down and down and almost out, while Murdoch is up and up and up

Rupert Murdoch just strengthened his wicked dominance in print media - by offering Australians newspapers they prefer to buy over the Fairfax alternative. Should there now be a law forcing readers to buy The Age instead?

Print readership of major News Corp papers rose to 9.4 million a week, while print and digital audiences across all News Corp platforms rose to 15.226 million a month, the biggest audience of any publisher

NEWS Corp Australia has bucked the trend of declining newspaper print readership to post a 2 per cent increase across its national, metropolitan and regional titles over the past year, well above the 4 per cent decline across all major newspaper print mastheads…

The first year-on-year comparisons under the Enhanced Media Metrics Australia audience measurement system show ... the Daily Telegraph’s print readership, boosted by big-selling editions such as its front-page story on the brawl between billionaire James Packer and Nine boss David Gyngell, was up 1.5 per cent on weekdays to 1.191 million, while The Herald Sun and The Courier-Mail both rose by 0.4 per cent to 1.452 and 716,000 respectively…

The [Murdoch] Herald Sun was up 1.0 per cent on Saturdays to 1.205 million, but its direct competitor, The Saturday Age [Fairfax], experienced the biggest drop in absolute numbers over the year, losing 81,000 readers — a ­decline of 10.7 per cent.

The Sunday Age was down 9.3 per cent to 582,000 and The Sun Herald fell 8.6 per cent to 828,000 but The Sunday Herald Sun [Murdoch] was up 2.3 per cent to 1.156 million.

Fairfax’s Weekend Financial Review experienced the biggest decline in percentage terms, losing almost one in three readers (30.6 per cent) to 118,000 readers.

The Sydney Morning Herald was down 7.2 per cent to 755,000 readers Monday to Friday and down 7.4 per cent on Saturdays to 850,000.

[debra9275]

[boris1gary]

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@icyfroth wrote:

"like moths to a flame" is a term that springs to mind whenever I see how the lefties are attracted to even the tiniest flicker of light  from the right.

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what "light" would that be? I see only hatred, divisiveness, xenophobia,  attacks on the vulnerable, and scorn of the humane - if murdoch represents this "light from the right" then I suppose we should thank Crikey for turning up the blow torch. It's pretty funny because on the one claw news corpse is saying it isn't true but on the other claw news corpse is threatening to sue. Maybe uncle rupes could run some phone hacking classes for Crikey.

http://www.theage.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/news-corp-threatens-8216action8217-over-leaked...

News Corp threatens ‘action’ over leaked accounts

Sydney tabloid The Daily Telegraph suffered a 65 per cent plunge in ­operating income to only $8 million as revenue fell 14 per cent to ­$160 million.

Operating income at The Sunday Telegraph slid 53 per cent to $7 million on revenue 15 per cent lower at $94 million.

The weekday Herald Sun in Melbourne suffered a 41 per cent drop in operating income to $35 million as revenue fell 13.5 per cent to $250 million in 2012-13 . Revenue for the Sunday edition fell 17 per cent to $75 million with operating income down 31 per cent to $21 million.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/news-corp-threatens-8216action8217-over-leaked-ac...

[cherry*135]

The tiny last flicker of light from the right that has just gone out.

[boris1gary]

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@am*3 wrote:

The tiny last flicker of light from the right that has just gone out.

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Thanks AM, I needed that after reading more from abbott and his fear mongering.

[boris1gary]

icyfroth wrote - "like moths to a flame", so for the conservatives (reactionaries included) it's "like flies to manure".

[garry9922]

The global mass media is owned and controlled by the wealthy elite. Their objective is not to provide accurate information to their audience. In contrast, their objective is to propogate the ideology of the wealthy elite, while encouraging advertising revenue from companies that sell expensive status symbols to half witted fashion victims.. Need proof? Check out how poor people and racial minority groups are portrayed in trashy publications like the Daily Telegraph.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@icyfroth wrote:

"like moths to a flame" is a term that springs to mind whenever I see how the lefties are attracted to even the tiniest flicker of light  from the right.

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Tiniest flicker is on the money - that's all many on the right have and they cling on tight don't they lol? Even when the info is wrong.

Icy -  the OP continues to tell us how Fairfax is losing readership and will soon fade into oblivion but News Corp is the rah-rah leader of the pack.

So wouldn't I post a news article showing the latest profit figures to highlight the misinformation?

[i-need-a-martini]

http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/news-corp-threatens-8216action8217-over-leaked-ac...

Poor little Ruppie. Getting so upset about other newspapers reporting his business. So upset he plans to sue lol!

Whilst The Sydney Morning Herald makes a decent profit for the same year, The Age loses a whopping $27million for the same period.

It must suck to be a right leaning newspaper - down and down and down and almost out, while other newspapers laugh at them.