Stats Botswana reports declining newspaper sales

A recently released Statistics Botswana report has observed fluctuations in net sales of private newspapers during the period 2006 to 2015. Net sales reached a maximum of P51.5 million in 2010 and a minimum of P4.3 million in 2007.

“Sales started to decrease in 2011 until they reached P26 million in 2015,” says the report.  The report notes wide usage of computers, intranet, and internet among private newspaper employees during 2015.

Among the employees of private newspapers in 2015, males had more usage of computers, intranet and internet than their female counterparts.

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