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KYRGYZSTAN
Type of newspaper sales (%)
Single Home Postal
copy deliveries deliveries
1999 69 26 5
Contribution of classified, display and insert
advertising to total advertising income (%)
1999
Display 54.2
Classified 45.8
Inserts 0.0
Home
deliveries
26%
Type of newspaper sales in 1999 (%)
Postal
deliveries
5%
Single copy
69%
Daily (1999)
Circulation (000) Readership Cover Price Rate per line (Som)
Title Publisher Mon-Thur Fri (000) Som US$ Format Mono
Vecherny Bishkek Vecherny Bishkek Publishing House 35 90 270 1.20-2.40 0.03-0.05 Tabloid 23-105
Kyrgyzstusu - - - - - - - -
Slovo Kyrgyzstana - - - - - - - -
Maya Stolitza - - - - - - - -
Delo Nomer - - - - - - - -
Source: Vicherny Bishkek
Top ten advertising categories (1999) Top ten publishing companies (1999) Top ten advertisers (1999)
Advertising sector (ranked by total circulation) Advertiser Newspaper expenditure (Som)
Property sales Vecherny Bishkek Soros-Kyrgyzstan Foundation 979,943
Property exchange Delo No KATEL 599,230
Property rental Asaba Philip Morris 590,850
Services Slovo Kyrgyzstan Central Asian Corporation 550,000
Vacancies KTR-obo Glavtur 402,849
Auto Blitz-info Tolubay 357,124
Auto parts & equipment RIF Economy development fund 252,000
Food Absolute-Express Areopag 250,000
Pets ResPublica Kairat 250,000
Miscellaneous Limon Payroll Saving Company 180,000
Source: Rubicon Source: Vecherny Bishkek Source: Rubicon
Internet publishing (No. of online editions)
1999
Dailies 1
Cover prices (1999)
Som
Single copy Tues, Thurs: 1.20
Mon, Wed: 2.40
Fri: 4.20
Subscription (postal) 1.17
Subscription (hand) 1.74
Online readership (page impressions per month)
Newspaper 1999
Vecherny Bishkek (vb.kyrnet.kg) 102,468
Source: Vecherny Bishkek
Employment & salary
1999
Total no. of Journalists 51
Total no. of Employees 121
Total salary costs
Som (000s) 11,792
ECONOMIC DATA
Main economic indicators 1993-1999
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
1 US$= 39.01 Soms at 1999 rate
Gross Domestic Product (Soms billion)
at current prices 5.4 12.0 16.1 22.5 30.7 34.2 -
% change - 124.5 34.3 39.2 36.6 11.4 -
at 1999 prices - - 39.5 41.6 46.1 46.5 -
% change - - - 5.5 10.6 0.9 -
Gross Domestic Product per capita (Soms 000)
at current prices 1.2 2.7 3.6 4.9 6.6 7.4 -
at 1999 prices - - 8.8 9.1 9.9 10.0 -
Population
Millions 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.6
Consumer Price Index
1999=100 - - 40.9 53.9 66.6 73.6 100.0
%change - - - 31.9 23.5 10.4 35.9
Source: IFS, ZenithOptimedia
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