The impact of the health crisis on the regional and free press
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2025 5:11 am
Although the free press has already been experiencing a long decline for several years, as evidenced by the disappearance of Métro in 2015, the pandemic has clearly accelerated the process.
The increase in teleworking linked to the nigeria email list drop in public transport use are the main factors. Added to this is the drop in advertising expenditure by companies, advertising which constitutes the bulk of the press's revenue.
The result is clear: the free news press saw its circulation drop by 54.3% between 2019 and 2020 according to the ACPM (Alliance for Press and Media Figures). The newspaper 20 Minutes saw its turnover drop by 38% that same year and must rely on new distribution strategies to survive. While it remains the last free newspaper distributed in paper format, digital is taking an increasingly large share, so much so that its circulation has dropped from 7 to 3 days a week.
These are also issues affecting the regional press. The latter has also seen a sharp decrease in its subscriptions over the last two years, and must therefore strengthen its digital presence, a sector where it seems to have fallen behind. Only 10% of the content of the regional press is consulted digitally, while this figure reaches 57.3% for the national press. In order to expand their offerings, various initiatives have emerged between the main players in the regional press.
The increase in teleworking linked to the nigeria email list drop in public transport use are the main factors. Added to this is the drop in advertising expenditure by companies, advertising which constitutes the bulk of the press's revenue.
The result is clear: the free news press saw its circulation drop by 54.3% between 2019 and 2020 according to the ACPM (Alliance for Press and Media Figures). The newspaper 20 Minutes saw its turnover drop by 38% that same year and must rely on new distribution strategies to survive. While it remains the last free newspaper distributed in paper format, digital is taking an increasingly large share, so much so that its circulation has dropped from 7 to 3 days a week.
These are also issues affecting the regional press. The latter has also seen a sharp decrease in its subscriptions over the last two years, and must therefore strengthen its digital presence, a sector where it seems to have fallen behind. Only 10% of the content of the regional press is consulted digitally, while this figure reaches 57.3% for the national press. In order to expand their offerings, various initiatives have emerged between the main players in the regional press.