March ABCs: Sunday Express sales fall 10.39% year on year

The Sunday Express was the biggest year-on-year faller in the Sunday popular market in March with a 10.39% drop in sales to 570,040 copies. Richard Desmond's mid-market Sunday title saw a 0.92% month-on-month fall last month, according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations figures published today. Circulation for all titles in the Sunday popular sector was down last month compared to both February and March 2009. Mail on Sunday Headline circulation: 1,952,697 Monthly: -1.29% Yearly: -2.22% Sunday Express Headline circulation: 570,040 copies. Month-on-month change: -0.92% Year-on-year change: -10.39% News of the World Headline circulation: 2,904,566 Monthly: -2.98% Yearly: -3.71% Sunday Mirror Headline circulation: 1,147,272 Monthly: - 0.75% Yearly: -6.64% The People Headline circulation: 532,140 Monthly: -1.72% Yearly: -8.38% Daily Star Sunday Headline circulation: 341,824 Monthly: -1.6% Yearly: -5.59% 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".