US press hit by new circulation figures scanda - Dallas Morning Newsl

[dArKeR]

The company behind the Dallas Morning News agreed on Monday to hand back $23-million to advertisers after admitting circulation figures for the daily and Sunday editions had been inflated.

In ordinary circumstances the incident would hardly have raised a flicker of interest outside Texas. Instead, fudging the numbers at the tenth largest title in the country pointed to a widening, damaging scandal in the United States newspaper industry.

The Dallas Morning News was the fourth leading newspaper in the past three months to admit circulation figures had been overstated.

http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=120706

[Senior citizen]

1. The right-wing radio stations have been losing money too.

Funny how the people who support a liar, usually turn out to be liars themselves.

[Democat]

2. They might lose money on radio, but they make money elsewhere

As long as radio can keep the right wingers voting for Bush, they will keep making money by having so much power in Washington.

[Yupster]

3. I don't know how newspapers

can survive long term with the internet. Why buy a paper when you can get the same info on-line?