This essay for The Guardian, run as a series over four ...

I am leaving out, for now, the two Star titles which have a much shorter history. The Sun’s circulation has fallen from 3.94m in 1987 to 3.13m today while the Daily Mirror has fallen from 3.15m to 1.56m. The News of the World has dropped from just under 5m to 3.3m … ................
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