As circulation rose, the Liberty Times--citing a survey by the World College of Journalism and Communications--said that their publication volume had reached one million. In an editorial last June 3, the Liberty Times declared that "the era of the two majors is over." The China Times was not about to sit still for that.
閱報率攀升後，自由時報同時引用世界新聞傳播學院的調查，指出自由時報發行量達到一百萬份，在去年六月五日的社論中宣佈，「兩大報時代結束」。