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The latest figures on newspaper circulation came out yesterday, and, as always these days, they showed that fewer and fewer people are buying the newspaper. (Something about websites and links ruining everything, is what folks keep saying. We have no idea what they're talking about.) This got us to thinking, Laphamly, about some relevant numbers.

Total daily newspaper circulation, 2005: 47,374,033
 Total daily newspaper circulation, 2001: 55,578,046
 Decrease in daily newspaper circ in four years: 15%

Total Sunday newspaper circulation, 2005: 51,073,104
 Total Sunday newspaper circulation, 2001: 59,090,364
 Decrease in Sunday newspaper circ in four years: 14%

Total number of newspaper jobs, 2005: 54,134
 Total number of newspaper jobs, 2001: 56,393
 Decrease in newspaper jobs in four years: 5%

Tuition at Columbia J-School, 2004-5: $34,104
 Number of students scheduled to graduate from the Columbia J-School in two weeks: About 210

Number of j-students right now realizing what a colossally dumb career choice they made, running across West 116th Street, and hurling themselves into the Hudson: About 210 JO

Sources: ABC/E&P/NAA; ASNE; Columbia

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