Desmond and Murdoch hit by October newspaper slump

Richard Desmond's Daily Express and Daily Star bore the brunt of widespread month-on-month circulation falls but Rupert Murdoch's Sun and Times also felt the pain, according to the October ABC figures for paid-for national newspapers.

The Daily Express was down 3.69% to 788,719 copies and the Daily Star was down 3.71% to 770,834 copies.

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