But a USA Today release late Monday claimed the paper still held a top spot of sorts, stating: "USA Today remains number one in total daily print circulation in the United States." It added that "USA Today's print circulation is nearly 275,000 copies per day larger than its closest competitor, The Wall Street Journal, and more than 1,000,000 copies per day larger than The New York Times." Two of Hearst's biggest circulation losers in Monday's report, the San Francisco Chronicle and Houston Chronicle, tried to spin their double-digit drops Tuesday with stories that proclaimed the print reductions as no big problem.
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