ABCs: Scotland and freesheets – Sunday Herald bucks falling trend

The Sunday Herald was the only Scottish newspaper that avoided month-on-month and year-on-year falls in June, according to the latest figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations today. This time last year the Glasgow-based Newsquest title was suffering at the nadir of a circulation plunge . Daily Record Headline circulation: 323,235 Month-on-month change: -1.64% Year-on-year change: -6.90% Sunday Post Headline circulation: 324,965 Month-on-month change: -0.96% Year-on-year change: -7.87% The Herald Headline circulation: 53,230 Month-on-month change: -3.12% Year-on-year change: -7.84% Sunday Herald Headline circulation: 40,718 Month-on-month change: -3.68% Year-on-year change: +9.04% The Scotsman Headline circulation: 44,318 Month-on-month change: -2.28% Year-on-year change: -6.82% Scotland on Sunday Headline circulation: 55,663 Month-on-month change: -2.44% Year-on-year change: -11.19% FREESHEET DISTRIBUTION Metro UK Average daily distribution: 1,336,093 Monthly: +0.16% City AM Average daily distribution: 103,725 Monthly: -2.24% Headline circulation includes lesser rate sales, subscriptions, bulks – copies sold to airlines, rail companies, hotels and gyms for a nominal fee and given free to the public – and distribution in Ireland and overseas • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email [email protected] or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. • If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".