Newspapers Canada reports quarterly on daily newspaper revenues in three categories: print advertising, online/mobile advertising and circulation. Data for 2012 Q4 shows that online advertising has increased compared to 2011 Q4 and that mobile advertising continues to grow dramatically with a year over year increase of 83.2%. Revenue in print advertising is flat (+0.3%), with a strong Q3 performance accounting for the annual increase of 2.5% over last year. Total revenue for 2012 comes in slightly higher than 2011 with a 1.3% increase, representing a net dollar volume gain of $38,017,000.
The 2012 Q4 revenues report is available to members of the Canadian Community Newspapers Association (CCNA) and the Canadian Newspaper Association (CNA) on the Members-Only Reports webpage under the Members Area of the Newspapers Canada site.
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This quarterly survey is conducted on behalf of Newspapers Canada by Borrell Associates and provides a high level view of daily newspaper industry revenues. The survey is conducted online and participating newspapers represent 98% of total daily newspaper circulation.
If you have any questions about the information in this report please contact:
Kelly Levson
Director of Research
klevson@newspaperscanada.ca
