Mid-market newspapers in U.S. were most likely to experience layoffs in 2018 % oflarge newspapers that have experienced layoffs, by circulation category
Mid-market newspapers – those with average Sunday circulations between 100,000 and 249,999 – were more likely than either lower- or higher-circulation newspapers to have experienced layoffs in 2018.
Roughly a third of mid-market newspapers (36%) had layoffs, compared with 18% of lower-circulation newspapers (those with a circulation between 50,000 and 99,999) and 29% of high-circulation newspapers (at least 250,000).
The share of layoffs at mid-market newspapers increased somewhat between 2017 and 2018, while it declined for both lower- and high-circulation papers.
Mid-market newspapers in U.S. were most likely to  | experience layoffs in 2018  | % oflarge newspapers that have experienced layoffs, by circulation category  | 50K-99.999  | 100K-249.999  | 250K+  | 50  | 36  | 32  | 26%  | 29  | 18%  | 2018  | 2017  | 2018  | 2017  | 2018  | 2017  | Source: Pew Research Center analysis of digital news stories about layoffs at select  | higher-circulation newspapers, Jan. 1, 2017-Dec. 31, 2018. For more information, see the  | methodology.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 