The Economist

The Economist is a weekly news and international affairs publication of The Economist Newspaper Limited in London. As of 2004, its average circulation topped 1 million copies a week, about half of which are sold in North America.

Business

Circulation for the newspaper, audited by Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC), is on average 1,009,759 (July 2004-December 2004 figures) sales per week. Sales outside North America totalled 492,167 (48.74%), with sales in Latin and North America making up 517,592 (51.26%). Previous audits have put approximately 21% of the readership in continental Europe, 16% in the UK and 11% in Asia.

Related Topics:
Audit Bureau of Circulations - July 2004 - December 2004 - North America - Europe - UK - Asia

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The newspaper consciously adopts an internationalist approach and notes that over 80% of its readership is from outside the UK, its country of publication.

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The Economist Newspaper Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Economist Group. One half of The Economist Group is owned by private shareholders, and the other half by the Financial Times, a subsidiary of The Pearson Group. The editorial independence of The Economist is strictly upheld.

Related Topics:
The Economist Group - Financial Times - The Pearson Group

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