ABC Starts Releasing Jan-June Data; Toi, Et, Fall In Mumbai

 The Audit Bureau Of Circulation has started releasing data for January-June 2009 and we are bringing you a partial set of figures for prominent dailies. The Times of India and The Economic Times in Mumbai registered a drop both sequentially and year-on-year. TOI’s circulation in Greater Mumbai (ABC classification) dropped 0.37% year-on-year, while ET’s circulation dropped 13.88% y-o-y. Deccan Chronicle grew 25.9% y-o-y, while HT Media’s Hindi daily Hindustan‘s Patna and Ranchi edition grew 4.21% y-o-y. The data for other editions of these dailies as well as data for other dailies will be gradually available within the next fortnight or so and we will keep you updated.