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then it shows you that concentration had to start somewhere. last
time i checked, oslo norway, pop. a little over 3 mil. still has 3
dailys.

As I mentioned before, what sustains European papers, and will for a while
longer, is the immense use of public transit systems. What percentage of
newspaper users buy the paper to read on the train or bus?

No US city, save New York, has anywhere near the use of public transit, and
most of the use is by those who can't afford cars. What drives public
transit in Europe is far denser population, resulting in an ease in creating
transit routes very near each person's residence.

Without public transit, the reading time for papers would be reduced
enormously and many papers would fail.

In Buenos Aires, the southernmost city in Europe, one major daily, Clarín
observed that nearly half its daily circulation was bought at Subte (subway)
stations and bus and train stops. And that is why in Europe and Latin
America, Sunday circulation falls way off, while in the US it is much higher
than the Monday-Firday press run.

The US depends on home delivery for most circulation... in other parts of
the world, there is often no home delivery... all copies are sold on the
street.