When Pulitzer began to weed out the woodcuts, circulation plummeted until he gave the public what it wanted once again.
But by 1991, its circulation had plummeted to 33,000.
Its daily circulation peaked at some 30,000 copies and later plummeted.
Playboy and Penthouse have also seen their circulations plummet in recent years.
The magazine grew rapidly after its debut three years ago, but circulation plummeted more than 10 percent in the last half of 2002.
By 2012, the circulation of the newspaper plummeted to under 50,000 daily and 95,000 Sunday.
Since then, the Independent's circulation has plummeted by nearly 20 percent.
As the city's population changed, The News's circulation plummeted.
While there was only a 9% drop in the number of releases between 1952 and 1953, circulation plummeted by an estimated 30-40%.
For instance, during the strike The News's daily circulation plummeted to 300,000 from 1.1 million.