Top 20 U.S. Newspaper Companies by Circulation (Source: Newspaper Association of America, NAA Facts About Newspapers 1999) Company Daily Circulation Number of Dailies Gannett Co. Inc. 5,994,347 74 Knight Ridder 3,871,563 33 Newhouse Newspapers 2,780,848 23 Times Mirror Co. 2,370,788 9 Dow Jones & Co. Inc. 2,311,966 20 The New York Times Co. 2,252,610 20 MediaNews Group 1,827,791 51 E.W. Scripps Co. 1,330,135 20 Hearst Newspapers 1,318,594 12 The McClatchy Company 1,311,208 11 Tribune Co. 1,264,417 4 Cox Enterprises Inc. 1,120,941 16 Thomson Newspapers Inc. 1,031,495 50 Freedom Communications Inc. 959,516 28 A. H. Belo Corp. 895,538 7 Media General Inc. 820,937 22 The Washington Post Co. 813,036 2 Community Newspaper Holdings 803,141 96 Hollinger International 802,554 27 Central Newspapers 798,237 7 [back to top] Copyright ©1997-2006 GCC/IBT, 1900 L St., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036. Phone: (202) 462-1400. Fax: (202) 721-0600. Comments? Contact the webmessenger.