The Financial Times is the only daily newspaper in the United Kingdom to have had a year-on-year increase in circulation since June 2007, according to the latest report from the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Although circulation increased by 0.22 percent year-on-year, it decreased 1.07% month-on-month, Media Guardian reported.
Other papers like the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian and the Independent also saw decreased circulation since last month and between June 2007 to 2008.
The FT's UK circulation was at 131,807 in June, with full-price newsstand sales responsible for 61 percent of that. The financial daily had 18,563 subscribers and 36,463 bulk paper sales. The total circulation for the FT in June was 445,756, but month-on-month circulation was down 1.07 percent, according to ABC figures, Media Guardian reported Friday.
Circulation of the Daily Telegraph slightly augmented for May to June, to 865,400, but fell by 2.96 percent since June 2007. Although almost half of the circulation sales were from full-price newsstand sales, subscribers accounted for 328,244, and bulk copies for 99,037, according to ABC figures, reported Media Guardian.
The Times circulation last month was 576,444. Year-on-year, the Times circulation fell by 3.54%, and month-on-month, it was down 2.4 percent.
The Guardian's circulation was at 347,183 last month, a 4.51 percent decline in circulation year-on-year and a 1.88 percent decline month-on-month. In June, 93 percent of the Guardian's copies were sold at full-price in the United Kingdom, with 44,547 copies sold abroad, according to ABC figures.
The Independent had a 1.81% decrease in circulation since last year, which dropped to 233,973 in June. About three-fourths of the Independent's UK circulation (which is 176,785) came from full-price sales.
News International, meanwhile, had 100,936 subscribers, 48,919 bulk sales and 12,829 discounted sales, Media Guardian reported.

