The Center for Media Research Research Brief reports new data from WAN's annual survey of World Press Trends 2006, showing that paid circulation grew +0.56 % worldwide in 2005 ...
Results for Europe:
Newspapers in 7 EU countries increased their total circulation in 2005: Austria +0.42 %, Czech Republic +4.88 %, Ireland +2.16 %, Italy +0.03 %, Poland +9.80 %, Slovenia +19.44 %, and UK +0.05 %.
Losses for: Belgium -1.35 %, Denmark -2.64 %, Estonia -0.39 %, Finland -0.67 %, France - 1.6 %, Germany -2.5 %, Greece -4.05 %, Hungary -0.68 %, Latvia -2.25 %, The Netherlands -3.67 %, Portugal -3.88 %, Slovakia - % 4.17, Spain -0.94 %, and Sweden -1.34 %.
US Results:
The circulation of US dailies fell -2.35 % in 2005 and -4.02 % over five years ...
Quoted from / More data at The Center for Media Research Research Brief
or go and buy the World Press Trends 2006 edition from WAN
Thursday, June 22, 2006
