Vol. XI

2012

Author:

Bakker, Piet

Article

 

The rise of free daily newspapers in Latin America

 

Abstract

 

Whereas most continents see circulation of newspapers drop, Latin America is one of the few areas in the world with rising newspaper circulation. A substantial part of this rise is caused by the introduction of free newspapers in a dozen countries on the continent. We map this development, discuss possible reasons for the rapid growth and try to answer whether this introduction has substitution effects on paid newspapers. The growth of this new
format is most probably caused by economic growth while we conclude that substitution is low, meaning that free dailies serve a new reading audience in Latin America.

 

Keywords

 

free newspapers, media substitution, newspapers, Latin America, business models

 

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