The document reports on global newspaper circulation trends from 2003-2007 based on a survey conducted by the World Association of Newspapers. It finds that:
- Paid daily newspaper circulations increased 2.57% over one year and 9.39% over five years globally.
- The number of paid daily newspaper titles increased 2.98% over one year and 11.02% over five years worldwide.
- Most regions saw increases in paid circulations and titles, with the exceptions of declines in Europe, North America, and Australasia. Asia saw the largest increases in paid circulations and titles.
8. PAID DAILY CIRCULATION: PERFORMANCE PER MARKET Many countries report an increase in paid daily circulations 5 year 58% Daily Paid Circulation Status 2003/07 % 2006/07 % UP 105 57.69 70 38.04 DOWN 46 25.27 38 20.65 STABLE 31 17.03 76 41.3 Total 182 100 184 100
9. PAID DAILY CIRCULATION: PERFORMANCE PER MARKET The majority report increased or stable paid daily circulations 1 year 79.35% 5 year 75.00% Daily Paid Circulation Status 2003/07 % 2006/07 % UP 105 57.69 70 38.04 DOWN 46 25.27 38 20.65 STABLE 31 17.03 76 41.3 Total 182 100 184 100
12. PAID DAILY TITLES: PERFORMANCE PER MARKET Many countries report an increase in the number of paid daily titles 1 year 27.22 5 year 45.21 Daily Paid Titles Status 2003/07 % 2006/07 % UP 85 45.21 52 27.22 DOWN 20 10.63 16 8.37 STABLE 83 44.14 123 64.39 Total 188 100 191 100
13. PAID DAILY TITLES: PERFORMANCE PER MARKET Many countries report increased or stable numbers of paid daily titles 1 year 91.61% 5 year 89.35% Daily Paid Titles Status 2003/07 % 2006/07 % UP 85 45.21 52 27.22 DOWN 20 10.63 16 8.37 STABLE 83 44.14 123 64.39 Total 188 100 191 100
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15. WORLD PAID AND FREE TITLES Daily titles increased 2006/07 + 3.20% Over the five year period 2003- 2007 daily titles increased by 12.89%
17. TOP 100 PAID DAILY TITLES Rank Title Country Language Circulation (000) 1 Yomiuri Shimbun Japan Japanese 10,021 2 Asahi Shimbun Japan Japanese 8,054 3 Mainichi Shimbun Japan Japanese 3,912 4 Bild Germany German 3,548 5 Cankao Xiaoxi China Chinese 3,183 6 The Times Of India India English 3,146 7 Nikkei Japan Japanese 3,053 8 The Sun United Kingdom English 2,986 9 People’s Daily China Chinese 2,808 10 Chunichi Shimbun Japan Japanese 2,755 11 The Daily Mail United Kingdom English 2,311 12 The Chosun Ilbo Korea, Republic of Korean 2,300 13 USA Today USA English 2,293 14 Tokyo Sports Japan Japanese 2,230 15 Sankei Shimbun Japan Japanese 2,204 16 The JoongAng Ilbo Korea, Republic of Korean 2,200 17 Dainik Jagran India Hindi 2,168 18 The Dong-a Ilbo Korea, Republic of Korean 2,100 19 The Wall Street Journal USA English 2,012 20 Nikkan Sports Japan Japanese 1,868
18. PAID DAILY CIRCULATIONS AND COMBINED PAID/FREE Period Paid Paid & Free 1 Year 2.57 3.65 5 Year 9.39 14.30
26. WORLD FREE DAILY CIRCULATION - BY REGION Asia +23.10% S. America +9.04% N. America +9.00% Africa +182.% Europe +21.58% Australasia+25.46% (000) WORLD DAILY CIRCULATION 1 Year
27. WORLD PAID DAILY CIRCULATION – VARIANCE IN PERCENTAGE Paid Dailies 5 year% 1year % Up 57.69 38.04 Down 25.27 20.65 Stable 17.03 41.3 Paid Non Dailies 5 year % 1year % Up 21.66 44.44 Down 34.61 33.33 Stable 15.38 22.22 Paid Sundays 5 year % 1year % Up 71.42 41.17 Down 28.57 52.94 Stable 0.00 5.88
42. NEWSPAPER REACH Daily newspaper reach available markets Region % Reach Africa 19.55 North America 62.55 South America 44.14 Asia 48.27 Australia & Oceana 51.65 Europe 55.62 Global average 50.23
43. NEWSPAPER SALES PER THOUSAND POPULATION Japan 624 Norway 580 Finland 503 Sweden 449 Singapore 361
45. NON DAILY NEWSPAPERS Non Dailies Change (%) 5 year Change (%) 1 year Chad 33.33 0.00 South Africa 26.32 2.90 Tanzania 0.00 0.00 Costa Rica 0.10 -8.33 United States of America -2.97 -0.27 Armenia 0.29 35.71 Bhutan 133.33 0.00 China -0.09 0.00 India 33.93 1.31 Indonesia 0.00 0.00 Lebanon 0.00 0.00 Malaysia 131.88 1.27 Pakistan 0.22 0.00 Singapore -0.06 0.00 Turkmenistan 92.81 0.92 Australia 0.00 0.00 Kiribati 0.00 0.00 New Zealand -61.19 -33.33 Bulgaria 0.27 0.00 Croatia 0.10 0.00 Czech Republic 9.09 3.45 Denmark -99.19 3.39 Estonia -28.87 14.90 Faroe Islands 0.00 0.00 Finland -2.45 -0.98 Germany 5.70 -3.50 Greece 80.13 -13.54 Iceland 0.43 0.00 Ireland 18.60 17.28 Latvia 131.95 76.27 Luxembourg -0.02 0.00 Moldova -2.14 5.26 Netherlands, The -0.03 0.00 Norway 41.27 5.59 Poland -3.78 -6.04 Romania -9.58 -7.66 Sweden 4.40 0.50 Switzerland -4.44 5.51 Ukraine 1.13 0.01 United Kingdom -5.31 -2.21 Total 0.06 0.01
46. FREE DAILY NEWSPAPERS Titles Circulation No. of titles Change % 5 years Change % 1 year Africa 300.00% 300.00% America, North 140.00% 16.67% America, South 125.00% 12.50% Asia 255.56% 23.08% Australia & Oceania 50.00% 0.00% Europe 263.83% 6.88% Total 205.88% 12.23% Circulation of dailies (000) Change % 5 years Change % 1 year Africa 181.54% 181.54% America, North 169.94% 9.00% America, South 14.34% 9.04% Asia 256.62% 23.10% Australia & Oceania 88.89% 25.46% Europe 171.23% 21.58% Total 173.21% 20.07%
47. FREE DAILY NEWSPAPERS World Titles Free dailies = 7% of world daily circulations Free dailies = 23% of European circulations World Circulation
48. FREE DAILY NEWSPAPERS Free dailies = 7% of world daily circulations Free dailies = 23% of European circulations World Circulation Free dailies = 8 % of U.S.A circulations
49. FREE DAILY NEWSPAPERS Free dailies = 7% of world daily circulations Free dailies = 23% of European circulations Free dailies = 8 % of U.S.A daily circulations Free dailies = 2% of Asian daily circulations
51. TOP TWENTY FREE DAILIES Title Country Circulation (000) Leggo Italy 1,950 Metro United Kingdom 1,366 20 Minutos Spain 1,005 Metro Canada 990 Que! Spain 959 ADN Spain 959 City Italy 850 Metro Italy 850 Metro Directo Spain 829 20 Minutes France 745 Metro France 731 Headline Daily Hong Kong 703 The Examiner USA 700 Metro USA 646 Metro (Moscow) Russia 600 Nyhedsavisen Denmark 540 Metro Poland 505 Metro Netherlands, The 502 Metro Korea, Republic of 501 Metro Sweden 501
54. NEWSPAPER WEB SITE USERS… READ PRINT ALSO 81 % of online newspaper readers have read the printed version in the last seven days 52% of online newspaper readers spend the same time as they did previously with newspaper content 35% say they spend more time overall with newspaper content
61. SHARE OF NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING BY REGION Source: WAN WPT/ Zenith Optimedia
62. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING REVENUE BY REGION Region 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Change (%) 5 year Change (%) 1 year North America 48805 51201 52961 54261 52757 8.10% -2.77% Western Europe 30877 31786 32135 33345 34012 10.15% 2.00% Asia Pacific 23403 24163 24664 25798 26652 13.88% 3.31% Middle East & Africa 2209 2681 3307 3891 4403 99.30% 13.17% Latin America 2578 2814 3269 3617 4006 55.38% 10.77% Central & Eastern Europe 2532 3161 2367 2606 2746 8.47% 5.39%
66. ALL INTERNET ADVERTISING REVENUE 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Change % 5 year Change % 1 year 12014 15053 20074 27197 36022 199.84% 32.45%
67. INTERNET ADVERTISING REVENUE BY REGION US Million $ current Context: North American internet advertising revenue is 20 x greater than Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East & Africa combined
68. INTERNET ADVERTISING REVENUES BY REGION US Million $ current Region 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Change % 5 year Change % 1 year North America 7,934 8,959 10,410 13,241 17,106 116% 29% Western Europe 2,136 3,071 4,939 7,369 9,997 368% 36% Asia Pacific 1,798 2,756 4,300 5,925 7,975 344% 35% Central & Eastern Europe 57 125 209 383 573 901% 50% Latin America 69 94 143 183 255 269% 39% Middle East & Africa 36 87 74 95 115 223% 20%
69. SHARE OF INTERNET ADVERTISING – EUROPE & USA The United Kingdom has 38.8% of total internet advertising revenue in Europe Germany has 22.9% France has 14% USA has 62% share United Kingdom has 15% Germany has 8% Europe vs the U.S. European internet advertising share
70. INTERNET HIGH SPENDERS Internet display advertising now surpasses classified Search is the largest advertising market online
73. DEVICES “I WOULD FIND HARD TO GIVE UP” In 2007 for the first time the internet and the mobile phone become the most important devices surpassing the importance of a ‘landline’ and television
76. NEWSPAPER ONLINE REVENUES PREDICTED TO GROW RAPIDLY PwC Predicts US newspaper online revenues will more than double in the next five years PwC Predicts by 2011 an 18.8% compound annual revenue increase for US newspapers online PwC Predicts by 2011 newspaper online revenues will account for 12% of total newspaper advertising
77. ADVERTISING – TRUSTED MEDIA Newspaper ads are trusted more than twice as much as online ads Newspaper ads are trusted more than three times as much as ads on mobile phones
78. IN CONCLUSION Timothy Balding NEWSPAPERS ARE A GROWTH BUSINESS Daily Circulations 1 year up 2.57% 5 year up 9.39% Daily Ad Revenues 1 year up 0.86% 5 year up 12.84% Paid & Free Circulations 1 year up 3.65% 5 year up 14.30% Newspapers Online 1 year up 20% 3 year up 100% Print is the largest advertising medium in the world (40%) Daily Titles 1 year up 2.98% 5 year up 11.02%