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Asian regional edition of World Press Trends 2009 contains reports on 25 Asian countries. In addition to the country reports, WPT China, India and South-East Asia includes a wealth of summaries that provide a detailed picture of the newspaper market in this region.


Follow the trends from 2004 to 2008 by 25 countries, with detailed tables and charts on paid-for and free dailies, paid-for non-dailies, and paid-for Sundays:

-    Number of titles and circulation
-    Newspaper reach, readership and media consumption
-    Online editions and online readership
-    Top ten paid-for and free dailies, including cover prices and advertising rates
-    Top ten publishing companies
-    Advertising expenditure and revenues
-    Advertising shares of newspapers and other media
-    Top newspaper advertisers and advertising categories
-    Single copy/subscription breakdown of newspaper sales
-    Sales revenues
-    Distribution costs
-    Macroeconomic data and demographic information
-    Map and commentary on every country/territory
-    Number of journalists and employees
-    Salary costs
-    Newspaper color capability and formats
-    Newsprint costs
-    Taxes, subsidies, discounts
-    Ownership laws and rules, cross-media ownership restrictions


In addition, Asian edition of WPT 2009 also includes global and regional summaries on digital media:

- Internet users
- Broadband subscribers
- Mobile cellular subscriptions

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