Forbes reports:
China and India are the growth centers for the newspaper industry in Asia, which now accounts for 25 percent of global revenues behind the United States and Western Europe, an industry association said Thursday.
Few countries worldwide reported increased circulation in addition to more advertising, but China and India showed “significant gains in both areas,” said Timothy Balding, director general of the World Association of Newspaper, or WAN.
Of the world’s top 100 newspapers in terms of circulation, 66 are Asian, with Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun topping the list with 14,081,000 copies daily, Balding said at a meeting of regional newspaper executives.
Japan publishes 20 of the world’s top 100 titles, followed by the United States with 18, and China and India with 16 apiece, according to research by WAN.
In terms of total combined circulation, however, the latter two nations have both surpassed Japan, China in 2000 and India last year, as Japan suffered declines…
…China is bound to be a powerhouse: “The figure are just so impressive: 2,100 newspapers in China, huge circulation growth, huge growth in advertising in newspapers,” said Balding.
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