Death Of Newspapers Belied By Facts

DEATH OF NEWSPAPERS BELIED BY FACTS
[SOURCE: Center for Media Research]
According to new and revised data from the World Association of Newspapers, newspaper circulation is growing and new newspapers are being launched at a remarkable rate. 1) Global newspaper circulation up 9.95 percent over five years and 2.36 percent over twelve months, 2) Daily newspaper titles surpass 10,000 for first time in history 3) More than 450 million copies sold daily, 4) In excess of 1.4 billion paid-newspaper readers, 5) Total free daily circulation more than doubles in five years, and 6) Even in North America and Europe, both circulation and the number of new titles have increased, according to the updated data. Timothy Balding, CEO of the Paris-based WAN, says "What we are seeing completely contradicts the conventional wisdom that newspapers are in terminal decline.... The fashion of predicting the death of newspapers should be exposed for... nothing more than a fashion, based on common assumptions that are belied by the facts."
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