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Published Wednesday, October 26, 2005 by seanlmccarthy | E-mail this post

THE HERALD'S VITAL STATS: Meant to blog this yesterday, along with so much else, but computer problems at work and other obstacles have held me up. Nevertheless, the Boston Herald published its regularly scheduled official "statement of ownership, management and circulation" in Tuesday's paper. Here is the skinny...

Average # of copies each day in the past year (press run): 256,315
Copies printed Sept. 30, 2005: 284,540

Average total daily distribution: 217,097
Copies distributed Sept. 30, 2005: 246,300

Not too shabby, considering "The Times Co. said last week that its Boston paper's weekday circulation plunged by nearly 8 percent over the past six months compared to last year --dropping 35,000 copies to 416,000, despite heavy marketing and steep price discounts offered by the newspaper. Its Sunday circulation fell by 55,000 -- about 7.6 percent -- to 667,000."