1.   He foresees a slight drop in weekday circulation, but growth on Sundays.

2.   The three papers also lost weekday circulation, as they did during the previous six-month reporting period, from October through March.

3.   Weekday circulation of The New York Post also increased slightly, but regional dailies did not fare so well.

4.   Most of the largest U.S. metropolitan newspapers posted weekday circulation declines in the latest six-month period, new figures show.