Free newspapers in trouble

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In Australia, about 10% of newspaper circulation is free newspapers. This competes directly with many of our client’s newspaper products. So some good news for many of our clients is that now overseas free newspapers are reporting serious trouble.

The problem is advertising. Free newspapers rely on advertising for their revenue since that revenue is down many free newspapers are in serious trouble. Some of the big ones have closed. This has resulted in a dramatic drop in circulation.