Malaysia: circulation grows 12%
Posted by Evan Fell on December 6, 2007 at 3:50 PM
In Malaysia, average daily net circulation for newspapers crossed 2.8 million copies for the year ended June 30. This represented an increase of 12% from 2.5 million recorded from July 1, 2005 to June 30 last year.
Klang Valley accounted for 40%, or 1.1 million copies, with English newspapers being the most purchased at 43%, followed by Chinese language newspapers (32%) and Bahasa Malaysia dailies (25%).
Sin Chew Daily's circulation of 357,163 puts the Chinese language daily at the top of its category as well as the newspaper pile. The Star is a close second with 309,181. The Sun increased its daily distribution from 174,179 to 256,486, said Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC).
For weekend circulation, Mingguan Malaysia's, with 459,793 copies was the most successful. Metro Ahad was steadily growing with a circulation of 314,321, beating Berita Minggu, which had 305,256. In the English language category, The Sunday Star had a circulation of 322,741 copies.
ABC audit chairman Mirza Mohamed Tariq said the circulation of daily and weekend newspapers grew 8% and 10% respectively.
Mirza is confident there is room for growth for newspapers in the country in the next five years, depending on the rate at which Internet develops there.
Source: The Star online through Ifra Executive News Service
Sin Chew Daily's circulation of 357,163 puts the Chinese language daily at the top of its category as well as the newspaper pile. The Star is a close second with 309,181. The Sun increased its daily distribution from 174,179 to 256,486, said Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC).
For weekend circulation, Mingguan Malaysia's, with 459,793 copies was the most successful. Metro Ahad was steadily growing with a circulation of 314,321, beating Berita Minggu, which had 305,256. In the English language category, The Sunday Star had a circulation of 322,741 copies.
ABC audit chairman Mirza Mohamed Tariq said the circulation of daily and weekend newspapers grew 8% and 10% respectively.
Mirza is confident there is room for growth for newspapers in the country in the next five years, depending on the rate at which Internet develops there.
Source: The Star online through Ifra Executive News Service
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