Friday, December 7, 2012

World Assoc. of Newspaper: 2.5 Billion Readers

The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) today published the 2012 edition of World Press Trends, its annual report on the state of the global newspaper industry.
Some key points:
2.5 billion people read a newspaper in print regularly.
Newspaper circulation grew by 1.1 per cent globally last year, to 512 million copies, and 4.2 per cent between 2007 and 2011. The growing newspaper business in Asia has more than offset circulation losses elsewhere in the world.