Complex sentence: Its average readership in March 2008 was 301,000, compared with 296,000 a year earlier; the readership had peaked in December 1994 at 392,000.
Split into simpler sentences: Its average readership as of March, 2008 was 301,000, compared with 296,000 a year earlier. The readership had peaked in December 1994 at 392,000.