The Times was the best performer in the latest round of newspaper monthly ABCs, up 2.19% in April, rising from 670,754 to 685,558. The Daily Telegraph had a less successful month. It was up 0.6% to 912,497.
The Independent was up 1.35% from 258,505 to 262,004, but like The Times it is still down just slightly on its February figure. Middle-ground rival The Guardian hardly moved. Its April sale was up just 0.12% to 367,478.
The Financial Times came off worst among the national quality dailies. It was down 1.63% to 426,803.
Tabloid claims that their readers were bored with the election appeared to ring true. There was little movement among the red-tops with slight gains and falls all round.
The Sun was up 0.25% to 3,258,502, the Daily Mirror was down 0.06% to 1,719,645 and the Daily Star was up 0.84% to 850,936.
In the mid-market, there was more disinterest. The Daily Mail was down 0.14% to 2,380,003, while Tory rival the Daily Express fell by 1.33% to 926,438.
Among the Sundays, movement was most substantial in all markets. The Sunday Express took a major dive, falling 10.12% to take it below 1m copies at 912,089. Rival The Mail on Sunday seemed to benefit, jumping 6.6% to 2,439,272.
The qualities saw almost a reverse picture to their daily counterparts. The Sunday Times and Sunday Telegraph fell, down 2.8% to 1,359,159 and 4.56% to 686,270 respectively, while the Independent on Sunday and The Observer were up, rising 0.35% to 210,198 and 2.03% to 453,197 respectively.
The Sunday red-tops nearly all suffered reverses apart from the Sunday Mirror, which rose 1.37% to 1,529,753. Trinity Mirror sister title The People was not so lucky -- it fell 1.28% to 941,026.
The News of the World was down 1.48% to 3,3639,243 and the Daily Star on Sunday fell 2.07% to 460,396.
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