VITAMEDIAS
Circulation Nation: Big Papers Get Even Bigger vs. Media Layoffs: [T]he circulation of every major daily grew in 2002, some by hefty margins.
USA Today, the nation’s largest paper, grew its circulation base by 16% in 2002, according to the ABC’s new Fas-Fax report, which measures the circulation of major dailies for the period ended Sept. 30, 2002.
Of the major U.S. papers, only The Wall Street Journal experienced mediocre gains, while major dailies such as the Los Angeles Times (+42%), The Washington Post (+40%), The Chicago Tribune (+65%), The Dallas Morning News (+53%) and the Philadelphia Inquirer (+39%) saw their circulation base soar.

Media Layoffs [in the "big five"]:
* USA Today: The newspaper is cutting staff in its newsroom, in circulation and at its Web site (05/15/01)
* Wall Street Journal: 230 Jobs Cut (11/04/02); Asian Wall Street Journal Weekly: 4 Jobs Cut (06/05/02); 5 Jobs Cut, bureaus for The WSJ Europe will be closed (11/15/01); About 150 Jobs To Be Cut (07/11/01); 16 Jobs Cut (07/09/01); 202 Jobs Cut - about 2 percent of its work force (04/12/01)
* The New York Times Co.: About 1,200 Jobs To Be Cut (06/18/01); NYT Regional Newspaper Group: About 100 Jobs Cut (05/01/01); 47 Jobs Cut (04/19/01); 69 Jobs Cut (01/08/01)
* Los Angeles Times: 18 Jobs Cut (09/07/01); About 40 Jobs Cut (08/24/01); 1,611 Jobs Cut (07/30/01); 24 Jobs Cut (10/20/00); 125 Jobs Cut (09/13/00)
* Washington Post: 2 Jobs Cut (10/12/02); 5 Jobs Cut (05/17/02)