ICT and e-Business in the Pulp, Paper and Paper ... - empirica

Pulp, paper and paper products
Newspapers (WAN) 107 point at a recovery of the newspaper market in 2004/05 after the
decline in the immediate years before. In a press release on its latest annual report
("World Press Trends 2005"), 108 WAN presented the following figures:
Global development: The total circulation of daily newspapers in the world
climbed 2.1% in 2004 (see Exhibit 4-13a). Over five years, it is up 4.8%.
Europe / USA: Newspapers in EU Member States saw a slight 0.7% drop in
circulation in 2004, but sales were only 0.4% less (or 360,000 copies) than five
years ago. However, over the five years 2000-2004, circulation has declined in
most Member States (see Exhibit 4-13b). By comparison, the circulation of US
dailies fell 1.0% in 2004 and 2.1% over five years.
Exhibit 4-13: Development of the daily newspaper circulation
8
6
4
2
0
-2
2,1
Circulation of daily newspapers:
% change from 2003 to 2004 in world regions
6,3
-0,7 -1,4 -0,2 -1,0
Worldw ide EU Europe North
America
South
America
4,1
6,0
Asia Africa Australia
Circulation of daily newspapers: 2000 - 2004
(% change from 2000 to 2004 in EU Member States
2
0
-2
-4
-6
-8
-10
-12
-2,5
-2,1 -1,9 -1,3
-4,3
-5,8 -5,5 -5,2
-7,7
-8,5
-9,5 -9,3
-10,5
-11,4
UK DK HU EL NL DE FR IT BE LU CZ FI EE SE
Source: World Association of Newspapers (WAN): World Press Trends 2005
(graph by e-Business W@tch)
107 The Paris-based WAN, the global organisation for the newspaper industry, represents 18,000
newspapers; members include 72 national newspaper associations, individual newspaper
executives in 102 countries, 11 news agencies and nine regional and world-wide press groups.
108 "World Press Trends: Newspaper Circulation and Advertising Up Worldwide", WAN, Seoul, 30
May 2005. www.wan-press.org/article7321.html
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