Strength in Numbers

The Riverside Reader towers over the other westside weeklies in terms of mailed circulation.

Each fall, newspapers are required to publish a Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation. Below are the differences in circulation between the westside’s three major weeklies and the Riverside Reader:

Mailed Circulation inside Iberville Parish

Post/South 1,050

Riverside Reader 10,963

Source: Sept. 28, 2005 Plaquemine Post South

Mailed Circulation inside West Baton Rouge Parish

West Side Journal 1,330

Riverside Reader 9,950

Source: OCT. 1, 2005 West Side Journal

Mailed Circulation inside Pointe Coupee

Pointe Coupee Banner 1,642

Riverside Reader 9,008

Source: Oct. 27, 2004 Pointe Coupee Banner

Total Mailed Circulations:

Plaquemine Post South 1,303

West Side Journal 1,490

Pointe Coupee Banner 2,263

Riverside Reader 30,643

Each week, the Riverside Reader is mailed to approximately 25,000 MORE addresses than the combined mailed circulations of the Post South, West Side Journal and Pointe Coupee Banner.

In addition to reaching the most people on the westside each week, the Riverside Reader also gives its advertisers the lowest costs per thousand to reach their potential customers.