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August 23, 2004

Order of Magnitude Quiz: Paper readers

If you add the number of readers (note: readers, not subscribers) of the paper versions of the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today, and then subtract the number of readers in the metropolitan New York area so as not disadvantage USA Today, what's the total number of readers? (Information from The Media Audit as reported by The Center for Media Research.)

To see the answer, drag-select the seemingly-blank space between the x's:

X 15 million: 6.1 million for the NYT, 5.3 million for USA Today, and 3.7 million for the WJS. X

Posted by D. Weinberger at August 23, 2004 09:01 AM

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I do Times first, too, then Corriere Della Sera next.

Posted by: bw | August 23, 2004 09:11 AM

i am an idiot and i am lead by richard simmons

Posted by: idiot | January 19, 2006 03:26 PM

i am an idiot and i am lead by richard simmons

Posted by: idiot | January 19, 2006 03:42 PM

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