Newspaper circ at 62-year low

The accelerating decline in circulation has brought newspaper sales to the lowest point in more than 60 years.Based on the record 3.5% drop in daily circulation reported today for the nation’s largest newspapers, it appears that average daily circ this year will be no better than 50 million. If so, that would be the lowest level since 1946, when daily sales averaged 50.9 million, according to