Newspapers down 4 percent. Oregonian down 8 percent.

The latest 6-month ciruclation audit shows that daily circulation dropped 4.6% — almost twice the average of last year’s circulation drop.

The Oregonian dropped 8.4%.

The few large papers that did not see a decline were USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. In related news, the Christian Science Monitor is ceasing their daily issues and moving to a weekly paper.