March ABCs: Daily Star up monthly and yearly

Richard Desmond's Daily Star was the only UK national newspaper to manage both monthly and yearly sales increase in March. It was up 2.88% compared to February and 0.87% year on year, according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations figures published today. The Daily Star has been selling at 20p in most UK regions since November 2008. However, last month proved a mixed bag for Desmond with the Daily Star up to 827,000 copies a day on average, while sister title the Daily Express reported the biggest year-on-year fall among the daily popular sector, to a circulation of 668,273. Daily Mirror Headline circulation: 1,247,013 Month-on-month change: +0.98% Year-on-year change: -6.95% Daily Star Headline circulation: 827,005 Monthly: +2.88% Yearly: +0.87% year-on-year The Sun Headline circulation: 3,005,308 Monthly: +1.09% Yearly: -2.04% Daily Express Headline circulation: 668,273 Monthly: -0.7% Yearly: -7.93% Daily Mail Headline circulation: 2,082,352 UK full rate circulation: 1,734,045 (83% of total) Monthly: -1.37% Yearly: -3% Headline circulation includes subscriptions, bulks – copies sold to airlines, rail companies, hotels and gyms for a nominal fee and given free to the public – and distribution in Ireland and overseas • To contact the MediaGuardian news desk email [email protected] or phone 020 3353 3857. For all other inquiries please call the main Guardian switchboard on 020 3353 2000. • If you are writing a comment for publication, please mark clearly "for publication".