The latest ABC figures show that the Evening Standard‘s circulation dropped 1.3% year on year in March, leaving the evening paper with a total circulation of around 280,500.
The afternoon freesheet thelondonpaper saw its distribution remain static year on year, at almost 600,000 copies, while rival title the London Lite was up 1.2% to around 400,500.
Morning business freesheet City AM also saw its distribution increase over the year to the end of March, up 7.5% to around 104,500 copies.
The Metro (London), meanwhile, was down by 1.2% to around 733,000 copies.
| Title | Audit | Mar-08 | Mar-09 | Actual Change PoP | % Change PoP |
| Morning Papers | |||||
| City AM | BDP | 97,167 | 104,493 | 7,326 | 7.5 |
| Metro (London) | BDP | 742,145 | 733,284 | -8,861 | -1.2 |
| Evening Papers | |||||
| Evening Standard (London) | ABC | 284,030 | 280,461 | -3,569 | -1.3 |
| London Lite | BDP | 395,633 | 400,547 | 4,914 | 1.2 |
| thelondonpaper | BDP | 500,792 | 500,949 | 157 | 0.0 |
| Total London Papers | 2,019,767 | 2,019,734 | -33 | 0.0 |
