Wall Street Journal's circulation increases; the only such rise among top 25 newspapers

Audit Bureau of Circulations figures released today show that The Wall Street Journal's circulation increased 0.61 percent to 2,082,189 during the six-month time period ending March 31, 2009. That makes The Wall Street Journal the only publication among the top 25 biggest U.S. newspapers to experience an increase in circulation during the last six months.

Overall, daily circulation for the 395 newspapers reporting their totals fell 7 percent, and the only other top 25 paper that came close to posting an increase was the Chicago Sun-Times. The Sun-Times' circulation dropped 0.04 percent to 312,141. For a complete listing of how the top 25 fared in the latest circulation figures, click here.