Closures roundup
Of the more than 320 free newspapers launched so far, 81 (25%) have been closed down already.
The two periods with the highest number of closures coincide with economic recessions: 2001/2002 and 2006/2007. The outlook for 2008 seems to be somewhat better as there have been only 6 closures in the first half-year.
In 2006 and 2007 the difference between closed down titles and editions was much higher than in previous years, indicating that also bigger titles were closed down while others just closed down editions. (The new graph is also on the Graphs & Stats page.)
June 10th, 2008 at 5:44 am
[...] Closures roundup. And, from the freesheet world, news that a quarter of the 320 so far launched have folded. Also from the freesheets: Prizes for Free California dailies, proving, I guess, that a newspaper is a newspaper. [...]
June 11th, 2008 at 7:33 am
[...] lanciati finora a livello internazionale – 81 su 320 - hanno già chiuso. Il dato viene da Newspaperinnovation.com, il sito di Piet Bakker, considerato il maggiore esperto internazionale di free press. I due periodi [...]