Singapore Press Holdings has released its 2012 annual report and almost of it dailies are experiencing significant falls in circulation figures.
Berita Harihan, which saw growth in August 2011, experienced the biggest drop in circulation figures by 9.0% in August 2012.
LianHe ZaoBao, Tamil Murasu and The Business Times, which also saw growth last year, contracted in 2012.
For the first time in its report, Singapore Press Holdings have combined the circulation figures of The Straits Times and The Sunday Times.
If one were to take the average circulation between The Straits Times and The Sunday Times in August 2011 (370,100), the circulation for both papers would have fallen by 4.86% in August 2012.
You can read the report here.
| Aug-07 | Aug-08 | Aug-09 | Aug-10 | Aug-11 | Aug-12 | Aug 2011 - Aug 2012 | |
| Berita Harihan |
61,800 | 62,000 | 60,900 | 58,900 | 59,200 | 53,900 | -9.0% |
| LianHe WanBao |
122,400 | 107,200 | 101,900 | 95,500 | 94,100 | 90,200 | -4.1% |
| LianHe ZaoBao |
174,500 | 176,000 | 174,500 | 172,100 | 173,000 | 168,700 | -2.5% |
| Shin Min Daily |
116,600 | 139,600 | 136,500 | 141,400 | 138,200 | 132,600 | -4.1% |
| Tamil Murasu |
11,700 | 14,400 | 14,100 | 14,800 | 17,200 | 16,900 | -1.7% |
| The Business Times |
34,500 | 35,700 | 38,300 | 37,500 | 38,400 | 36,400 | -5.2% |
| The New Paper |
110,800 | 109,300 | 104,900 | 101,600 | 98,100 | 90,800 | -7.4% |
| The Straits Times |
387,800 | 389,300 | 374,500 | 365,800 | 367,200 | N/A | N/A |
| The Sunday Times |
384,500 | 382,200 | 371,900 | 372,100 | 373,000 | N/A | N/A |
| The Straits Times/The Sunday Times | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 355,700 | N/A |


Anonymous
November 20, 2012 at 12:40 AM
4% for Straits Times, a step forward for Singapore!
Anonymous
November 20, 2012 at 12:52 PM
tpJust stop my ST for two months now. Hope this will help. Just the other day, bought a copy to see how are things, ended up wasting 90 cents.
For those we need broad sheet size paper for wrapping, cleaning after your pets and lining the dog's kennel and other household chores, suggest you get the fat Saturday edition with plenty of news print well worth your money.
Anonymous
November 21, 2012 at 11:53 AM
All are not called newspaper more like PAP newslettersssss so why waste my money on propaganda and BS. We get more neutral and in depth news online without trying to brainwash the people too.
Singaporeans are not stupid nowadays OK, SPH!