BANGKOK POST: CIRCULATION DOWN 7.65%
FIRST WITH THE NEWS: The Bangkok Bugle
(Bangkok: 3.26pm) The Bangkok Post's circulation dropped 7.65 per cent in the six months ending December 2008, according to independently audited circulation figures released within the last hour.
During the period July 1 - December 31 2008 The Bangkok Post sold an average of 58,441 copies per day, down from 63,288 copies during the previous six month period. This appears to be the first time circulation has dropped below the 60,000 mark since mid-2004.
Single copy sales stood at 14,998 copies (down 6.51 per cent on the previous six months), single copy subscriptions showed a 3.50 per cent decline to 19,281 copies, and regular multiple copy sales (also known as bulk sales) were down 11.19 per cent to 24,066 copies per day.
The Bangkok Post is the only publication in Thailand with an independently audited circulation.
Comment and analysis coming soon.
1 comments:
It's sad to see traditional news outlets dying. My hometown saw the loss of the two major papers in the last year. These papers used to have a sunday bundle that was over an inch thick.
Internet + bad economy = dying papers.
Post a Comment