WORLD PRESS TRENDS - World Association of Newspapers

DISTRIBUTION
Report on world-wide press distribution
Introduction
This report on world-wide press distribution is the result
of a survey carried out by Distripress - the Association
for the Promotion of the International Circulation of the
Press - among its member companies in February 2003.
The membership of Distripress being very heterogeneous
on one hand - and press distribution having its own rules
in different markets on the other hand, the study cannot
give absolute figures and therefore has been restricted to
tracing trends.
162 out of 500 written questionnaires have been filled in
and returned. The evaluation represents:
- 54 publishers
- (43 European publishers; 11 American publishers)
- 17 exporters (companies specialised in exporting press
in the name of several publishers)
- (17 exporters representing a total of more than 1,000
publishers from Europe, the USA and Asia)
- 108 distributors representing 53 nations.
- (51 Europe; 8 North America; 6 Middle East; 13 Asia
Pacific; 6 Africa; 4 Latin America
The complete study can be viewed on the internet under
www.distripress.ch.
About Distripress
Distripress is a non-political and non-profit-making
association engaged in the international distribution of
newspapers, magazines, periodicals and paperback books.
The main objective of Distripress is to assist in the
promotion of the freedom of the press throughout the
world, to further the interests of press distribution by
facilitating contacts and co-operation between the
members and by fostering the development of fair and
efficient trade. Distripress has about 480 member
companies (publishers, distributors and suppliers of the
press industry) in 96 countries of the world.
Once a year Distripress organises a congress of all parties
involved in press distribution. It offers space for individual
business discussions as well as an exhibition, seminars
and round table discussions to actual topics concerning
the industry.
Distripress - Association for the Promotion of the
International Circulation of the Press
Beethovenstr. 20, 8002 Zurich, Switzerland
Tel: +41 1 202 41 21 Fax: +41 1 202 10 25
President: Joël Fillon, Nouvelles Messageries de la Presse
Parisienne, Paris
Managing Director: Dr. Peter Emöd
Trend-report 2002 in international press distribution
Development of press sales points in different markets
(according to local distributors)
Trend 2002 Europe North
America
Middle
East
Asia
Pacific
Africa Latin
America
Number of ➘ ➚ ➚ ➚ ➚ ➘
press sales
points
Number of ➙ ➚ ➚ ➚ ➚ ➘
press sales
points carrying
international
press
Development of newspaper sales in different markets
(according to local distributors)
Trend 2002 Europe North
America
Middle
East
Asia
Pacific
Africa Latin
America
Number of ➙ ➙ ➚ ➚ ➚ ➘
international/
foreign
newspaper
titles
distributed
Overall ➘ ➙ ➙ ➙ ➚ ➘
circulation of
the
international
newspaper
titles
distributed
Sales volumes
of
international
newspaper
titles
distributed
(distributors)
➘ ➙ ➘ ➚ ➚ ➘
Development of magazine sales in different markets
(according to local distributors)
Trend 2002 Europe North
America
Middle
East
Asia
Pacific
Africa Latin
America
Number of ➚ ➚ ➚ ➚ ➚ ➘
international/
foreign
magazine titles
distributed
Overall ➚ ➚ ➚ ➘ ➚ ➘
circulation of
the
international
magazine titles
distributed
Sales volumes
of
international
magazine titles
distributed
(distributors)
➚ ➚ ➘ ➘ ➚ ➘
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