New York Daily News

The New York Daily News reclaimed the title of New York's most read tabloid this morning. The Audit Bureau of Circulations released a study of daily average circulation over a six month period, ending on September 30, that showed the News had over taken the New York Post.

The News had a daily circulation rate of 681,415 (down from 693,423 last year); The Post had 667,119 (down from 704,011 last year).

Last year, the Post bragged about beating the News, so expect some payback tomorrow.

The roof of the Daily News remains intact. But, according to several News staffers, if it’s not the roof, it’s the floorboards.  read more »

Rival tabloid editors’ latest price-chop catfight.  read more »

Daily News columnist Errol Louis gave a peek inside a reporter’s mind--and wallet--at Thursday morning’s PlaNYC panel at the New School’s Center for New York City Affairs, when he asked:

“If you are someone like me--I’ll plead guilty--who has press plates and you do have to drive in, because the story that you work on that day might be on Staten Island, or it might be in the Bronx, and you actually don’t know until it happens and so forth--the $8 doesn’t seem like a disincentive to me. Frankly, it’s not high enough.”  read more »