SNAPSHOT.
SNAPSHOT
Some news to use: The state's 214
newspapers employ slightly
more than 11,000 people. Tar Heel dailies
have a total circulation of 1.3 million.
NATIONAL RANK
North Carolina publishes 2% of the nation's
10,531 newspapers.
Newspapers
1. New York 829
2. California 740
3. Illinois 658
4. Texas 621
5. Pennsylvania 408
6. Ohio 381
7. Wisconsin 374
8. Iowa 371
9. Michigan 369
10. Minnesota 365
18. North Carolina 214
Source: Gale Directory of Publications and
Broadcast Media, 1998
CIRCULATION
Sixteen Tar Heel newspapers, or 7.5%, have
daily circulations exceeding 20,000. Papers
with the highest daily circulations:
Newspaper/location Circulation
The Charlotte Observer 243,818
Charlotte
The News & Observer 157,634
Raleigh
Winston-Salem Journal 89,748
Winston-Salem
News & Record 87,530
Greensboro
The Fayetteville Observer 67,545
Fayetteville
Asheville Citizen-Times 61,436
Asheville
Morning Star 56,813
Wilmington
Source: Gale Directory of Publications and
Broadcast Media, 1998
COUNTY RANK
Twenty-four counties have at least three
newspapers. Counties with the most:
1. Wake 13
2. Mecklenburg 8
3. Guilford 7
4. Randolph 6
5. Forsyth 5
6. Johnston 5
7. Duplin 4
8. Halifax 4
9. Harnett 4
10. Iredell 4
11. Pender 4
Source: North Carolina Press Association, 1999
PUBLICATION RATE
Twenty-five of North Carolina's
43 daily newspapers are evening papers.
Weekly 54.7%
Daily 20.1%
Semiweekly 8.9%
Monthly 3.3%
Bimonthly 1.4%
Other 11.6%
Source: Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media, 1998
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