Freesheets’ profitability hindered by recycling costs
Posted by Jean Yves Chainon on August 27, 2007 at 10:04 AM
As the Westminster council in London recently decided that free papers were to pay for their recycling costs, and with other European countries considering such action, freesheets’ business model could be threatened.
The Associated Newspaper’s London Lite and News International’s thelondonpaper are to each pay €150,000 per year to participate in their recycling costs.
This roughly amounts to the operating profit of France’s 20 Minutes during the second semester. If a similar policy were implemented in France, there is little chance freesheets could make up for the loss.
Source: Observatoire des medias (link in French)
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