The Press: Too Many Is Not Enough

New York is a city of newspaper superlatives. Its biggest paper is the biggest in the U.S.—the Daily News (circ. 1,980,338)—and even its smallest, the Post (343,140), outranks all but 28 of the country's 1,750 dailies. It puts out more papers every day (45) in more languages (eleven) and in greater variety (there is even a daily paper for metal workers) than any other city. And even if the list is restricted to newspapers of general circulation, New York's seven big dailies still put the city in a class by itself.

Boston is second,...

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