The Plain Dealer

The Plain Dealer
	Front page for April 13, 2023
Type	Daily newspaper
Format	Broadsheet
Owner(s)	Advance Publications; (Newhouse Newspapers)
Founded	1842
Headquarters	Plain Dealer Publishing Co; 4800 Tiedeman Road; Brooklyn, Ohio 44144; U.S.; 41°30′25.5″N 81°40′47.2″W / 41.507083°N 81.679778°W
Circulation	94,838 Daily; 171,404 Sunday
ISSN	2641-4058
Website	cleveland.com; plaindealer.com

The Plain Dealer is the major newspaper of Cleveland, Ohio; it is a major national newspaper. In the fall of 2019 it ranked 23rd in U.S. newspaper circulation, a significant drop since March 2013, when its circulation ranked 17th daily and 15th on Sunday.^[1]^[2]

As of May 2019, The Plain Dealer had 94,838 daily readers and 171,404 readers on Sunday.^[3] The Plain Dealer's media market, the Cleveland-Akron Designated Market Area, has a population of 3.8 million people making it the 19th-largest market in the United States.^[4]

In August 2013, The Plain Dealer reduced home delivery to four days a week, including Sunday.^[5] A daily version of The Plain Dealer is available electronically as well as in print at stores, newsracks and newsstands.

^ Mercier, Andrew (October 24, 2019). "The top 25 U.S. daily newspapers of fall 2019". muckrack.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.
^ Lulofs, Neal (April 30, 2013). "Top 25 U.S. Newspapers for March 2013". News > Blog (Blog). Alliance for Audited Media. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013.
^ Cite error: The named reference CCB-2019-05 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Our Audience". Advance Ohio. Advance Local Media. The Cleveland DMA. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
^ Plain Dealer Staff (April 4, 2013). "Northeast Ohio Media Group to launch in summer: Press Release". cleveland.com (Press release). Advance Local. Retrieved December 6, 2019.

[Muckrack-circ-1] Mercier, Andrew (October 24, 2019). "The top 25 U.S. daily newspapers of fall 2019". muckrack.com. Retrieved March 14, 2021.

[2] Lulofs, Neal (April 30, 2013). "Top 25 U.S. Newspapers for March 2013". News > Blog (Blog). Alliance for Audited Media. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013.

[CCB-2019-05-3] Cite error: The named reference CCB-2019-05 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[4] "Our Audience". Advance Ohio. Advance Local Media. The Cleveland DMA. Retrieved December 6, 2019.

[5] Plain Dealer Staff (April 4, 2013). "Northeast Ohio Media Group to launch in summer: Press Release". cleveland.com (Press release). Advance Local. Retrieved December 6, 2019.

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