Some papers have folded after not being strong enough to withstand challenges pertaining to legal or other matters. Only a few of the newspapers, such as The Reporter (with Amharic and English editions, owned by the Media Communication Centre) and Addis Admass (in Amharic) are backed by strong private investment. Anecdotally, however, there was evidence of high demand for private papers during the May 2005 election period, but with a contraction in the number of private papers after the election. However it is difficult to comment on the exact size of the newspaper market, as there is no research available in this area. There has been a significant increase in the number of papers in the past five years, with new privately-owned papers leading this growth. Ten of these magazines are in the Amharic language, and two are published in English, a monthly and a bi-monthly (Ministry of Information, personal communication, August 2006).ħ.2 Investment and growth in newspapers in the past five years There are 12 national magazines 10 published monthly, two published every two months, and two published quarterly. There is no information available to distinguish whether the remaining 53 newspapers are national or regional papers. The Monitor is the only private-owned daily. The three national dailies are Addis Zemen (Amharic), The Ethiopian Herald (English) and the Monitor (English). At the time of writing this report, no data could be sourced on the percentage of the adult population that reads a newspaper.Īt national level, there are three daily newspapers (see Figure 8). The newspaper sector is limited by the country’s low literacy rates, and most titles are said to have small print runs of only about 3,000 copies. Source: Ministry of Information, personal communication, August 2006 However, some of these papers disappear when there are no strong news events to cover. Many of the new papers in recent years have been tabloid weeklies responding to news events, such as the 2005 elections. Most papers are weeklies, bi-weeklies and monthlies, with only three dailies, all national, in existence. There are 56 newspapers and 12 magazines. This is an increase from five years ago (though figures for 2000 could not be found). Key changes and developments in the newspaper marketplace in the past five yearsĪccording to the Ministry of Information, there were 68 newspapers and magazines published and distributed in July 2006.
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