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U.S. Daily Newspaper and Sunday/Weekend Reading Audience
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Year Weekday Readers
% of Total Adult1
Population
Sunday/Weekend Readers
% of Total Adult1
Population
1970 77.6 72.3
1980 66.9 67.4
1982 67.0 66.6
1984 65.1 65.4
1985 64.2 65.1
1986 62.9 64.1
1987 64.8 65.7
1988 64.2 64.0
1989 63.6 67.0
1990 62.4 67.1
1991 62.1 66.9
1992 62.6 68.4
1993 61.7 69.0
1994 61.5 70.4
1995 64.2 72.6
1996 58.8 68.5
1997 58.7 68.5
1998 58.6 68.2
1999 56.9 66.9

1Age 18 and over.
Sources: W.R. Simmons & Associates Research Inc. 1970, Simmons Market Research Bureau Inc. 1980-1994, 
Scarborough Research--Top 50 DMA Market Report, 1995-1999
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