The paper cost 10 centavos, and was bought by 426 people out of a possible 2,000 students.
On the darker side, the industry has been hit with huge increases in postal rates and paper costs.
The company attributed the decline to higher paper costs and increases in postal expenses.
The company cited lower paper costs and the strong performance of Golf Digest.
Hearst said paper costs were up 37 percent this year through July.
The company said the decline was mainly a result of lower advertising revenues and an increase in paper costs.
And then there's the Internet, where there are no postage, printing, or paper costs.
Another source of paper costs is the one associated with the physical storage of documents.
She tipped me a dollar, four times what the weekly paper cost.
The newspaper was published weekly, and from 1820 until at least 1827, the paper cost three dollars for a year's subscription.