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READERSHIP AND AUDIENCE
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In today's competitive business environment, connecting with the right prospects is more crucial than ever to growing market share. In Western Washington, The Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspapers and their Web sites offer a larger audience than any other local media.

Market Facts

MSA Market*

Statistics

National Rank

Population

3,270,400

15

Households

1,302,500

14

Total EBI**

81.0 billion

14

Retail Sales

$57.6 billion

15

* MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area): King, Snohomish and Pierce counties.
** EBI (Effective Buying Income) - After tax disposable income.
Source: 2007 Claritas, Inc.

Newspaper Audience

Newspaper Readership

MD* Cume Readership

DMA**Cume
Readership

Sunday Seattle Times and Seattle P-I

1,147,600

1,387,500

The Seattle Times and the Seattle P-I (weekday)

1,068,400

1,291,100

* MD ( Seattle-Bellevue-Everett Metropolitan Division): King and Snohomish counties.
** DMA (Seattle-Tacoma Designated Market): 17 counties.
Source: 2008 Scarborough Report, Release 1.

Online Audience

 

Unique Visitors Average Month - Omniture

Page Views Average Month - Omniture

DMA (Local) Online Audience Past 30 Days

The Seattle Times Company Online Network

7,666,352

87,344,315

845,100

seattletimes.com

4,042,737

42,582,043

549,300

Marketplace Sites*

567,716

39,053,841

345,300

Online Classifieds**

270,622

3,992,013

278,600

seattlepi.com

4,160,508

38,007,936

342,200

* Marketplace Sites include NWsource.com, NWjobs.com, NWautos.com, NWhomes.com and NWapartments.com.
** Online Classifieds include NWjobs.com, NWautos.com, NWhomes.com and NWapartments.com.
Note: 2007 Scarborough Report, Release 1 numbers include only six-month NWapartments.com and NWhomes.com data.
Sources: 2008 Scarborough Report, Release 1; Omniture, Nov. 2007 - Apr. 2008.

Print + Online Audience

In the DMA

DMA Print + Online Audience

The Seattle Times and the Seattle P-I (past week) and The STC Online Network (30 days)

1,820,700

The Print + Online Audience is comprised of five Monday - Friday issues of The Seattle Times and the Seattle P-I, one Saturday of The Seattle Times and the Seattle P-I, 1 Sunday issue of the Sunday Seattle Times and Seattle P-I and an average month of visitors to The STC Online Network.
Source: 2008 Scarborough Report, Release 1.


Choose from these links to view our audience and that of local competitors from two different geographic perspectives:

Seattle-Tacoma DMA (Western Washington)
(Designated Market Area - 17 counties)

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett MD
(Metropolitan Division - 2 counties)