'WaPo,' 'Guardian' Social Readers Bleeding Users

Do you remember all the stories about the success of Facebook social readers, including those of The Washington Post and The Guardian? Stop the presses.

Do you remember all the stories about the success of Facebook social readers, including those of The Washington Post and The Guardian? Stop the presses.

Data from AppData show a dramatic plunge in monthly average users for the social reader applications of both newspapers in recent weeks, with the two apps hemorrhaging users, including over the past day and week.

The Washington Post was No. 2 on AppData’s “Top Losers Today” chart, shedding a whopping 900,000 users, and also placed second on the “Top Losers This Week” chart, seeing 4.3

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