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December 5, 2014updated 09 Jan 2015 6:22pm

Times and Sunday Times best performing national newspapers in November

By Dominic Ponsford

The Times and Sunday Times were the top-performing national print newspapers last month.

The Times was the only UK national newspaper to increase sales year on year. Its free ‘bulk’ copies were level year on year at around 22,000, so it can claim a genuine paid-for sales increase.

The Sunday Times was the best-performing Sunday newspaper in relative terms, falling 3.8 per cent year on year to 804,042. Its bulks are also roughly level year on year at around 11,000.

Every other national newspaper lost print sales last month at a rate of more than 5 per cent year on year.

After seeing a levelling off in its print sales decline, The Guardian suffered a sharp year on year dip last month – down 10.9 per cent year on year to 177,815.  Its weekday price is now £1.60, compared with £1.40 a year ago and £1.20 for The Times.

The Times titles picked up seven out of 14 prizes at the British Journalism Awards on Tuesday night.

UK national newspaper sales November 2014 (source ABC)

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Title: Avg sale, bulks, percentage change y/y



Dailies    
Daily Mirror 918,024 45,000 -8.21
Daily Record 203,152 4,971 -10.62
Daily Star 438,307   -13.50
The Sun 1,931,640   -7.57
Daily Express 457,062   -10.11
Daily Mail 1,660,339 73,320 -5.41
The Daily Telegraph 494,176   -9.22
Financial Times 214,458 21,655 -11.15
The Guardian 177,915   -10.90
i 281,928 63,111 -5.24
The Independent 60,754 16,500 -10.27
The Times 389,135 22,138 1.03
Sundays    
Daily Star – Sunday 269,653   -13.66
The Sun on Sunday 1,580,830   -9.60
Sunday Mail 229,446 3,814 -11.18
Sunday Mirror 876,156 45,000 -8.27
Sunday People 350,764   -10.92
The Mail on Sunday 1,487,144 66,711 -8.05
Sunday Express 404,892   -7.90
Sunday Post 192,477   -11.97
Independent on Sunday 99,032 52,722 -5.45
The Observer 201,954   -10.67
The Sunday Telegraph 390,628   -9.80
The Sunday Times 804,042 11,491 -3.76

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