The worldwide newspaper market in 2007
Stephen Whiteside
Worldwide newspaper circulation increased by 2.57% in 2007 - with daily sales also reaching a record level of 532 million - but ad revenues rose by just 0.86% year on year, according to figures released by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN).
Among the other findings of WAN’s World Press Trends 2008- which covers all 232 countries and territories where newspapers are published - was that the addition of free daily newspapers to the paid-for figures causes annual circulation to rise by...