According to the latest set of newspaper circulation figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulation, sales of the Mirror for May were down to 1,846,734, compared with 1,888,145 in April -- a drop of 2.19%.
This means that the Daily Mirror has now seen its circulation drop by 5.5% over the past year. During the same period, Richard Desmond's Daily Star has seen its circulation grow by 5.4% to 883,084, although this represents a fall of 2.1% compared with April's ABC figure.
In the quality morning newspapers, The Guardian continued its fightback, gaining 2.1% in circulation to 389,400, compared with 381,421 in April. The Independent, which completely abandoned the broadsheet format last month, added 0.3% in May, bringing its total circulation figure to 261,009. It is far and away the biggest gainer of the year, adding 14% to its circulation compared with this time last year.
This compared with a 1.6% decline at the Daily Telegraph, down from 923,449 in April to 908,265 in May. The Times, which today announced that it was rolling out its tabloid edition on a national basis, was down by 0.4% to 652,264 and the Financial Times was down by 0.6% to 440,933.
The Sun continues as the nation's biggest-selling daily newspaper with a rise in circulation of 4.4% to 3,360,662, compared with 3,345,828 in April.
Major movers in the Sunday market include the Sunday Times, which remains the biggest-selling quality paper by a large margin, despite a 4.4% decline in circulation to 1,330,743 in May. The Sunday Telegraph was the only quality Sunday newspaper to show a rise in circulation last month, although this was only a tiny rise of 0.05% to 707,804.
The Sunday Express gained some ground against rival the Mail on Sunday, with a 2.1% rise to 952,240, compared with the Mail's fall of 2.7% to 2,330,949.
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