German newspaper sales stabilise as readers pay online

BETTER THAN EXPECTED: Circulation of so-called e-papers rose 30% to 733,000 in the first quarter of 2015, accounting for more than 10% of all circulation at national newspapers in Germany.

FRANKFURT/BERLIN: German newspaper revenues stabilised in 2014 after years of decline as publishers compensated for falling advertising sales by persuading more readers to pay for news online. 

Total revenues fell 0.6% to €7.76bil (RM32.52bil) in Europe's biggest newspaper market, the Federation of German Newspaper Publishers (BDZV) said, compared with a 4.4% decline in 2013.