Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Print classified down 70 per cent in a decade

 It's not news that the newspaper industry's business woes have been led by a precipitous decline in print classified advertising. Toting up the figures while drafting the upcoming State of the News Media report last week, I found the overall decline in a decade was a stunning 70 percent -- from $19.6 billion in 2000 to roughly $6 billion in 2009.

Click on the headline to read the rest of a report by Poynter Media Business Analyst Rick Edmonds tracks the latest industry developments.

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