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As Newspapers Die in America, They Burgeon in Other Countries

Posted on July 28, 2008

From this week s Economist:It may not be much consolation to the hard-pressed hacks of the rich world, but in many developing countries the newspaper business is booming. According to figures released in June by the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), an industry body based in Paris, newspaper sales in Brazil increased by some 12% last year. Over the past five years, circulation has gone up by more than 22%. In India, sales rose by 11%, bringing the five-year increase to more than 35%. Pakistan s newspaper market grew by almost as much in the same period. The trend is similar elsewhere ...

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