Statistical, Ecosystems and Competitiveness Analysis of the Media and Content Industries: The Newspaper Publishing Industry

publishing, 1995-2007 
 
EU27 
EU6 
EU9 
EU15 
EU new 
 
Publishing of newspapers 
-1.1 
-2.0 
0.1 
-1.1 
-0.5 
Total economy 
2.6 1.9 3.8 2.6 3.1 
The six countries with the largest share in the total value added generated in the European 
newspaper publishing industry are Germany, the UK, France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands 
(see Figure 2). Germany is the largest publisher of newspapers with a share of nearly 28% in 
2007, followed by the United Kingdom (21%) and France (10%). Other countries with a 
relatively high share in the European publishing of newspapers industry are Spain, Italy and 
the Netherlands. The table below the figure provides the absolute numbers. 
GDP, the result is Gross National Product (GNP). GNP and GDP measure the economy’s output. The gross 
output of an industry measures the industry’s value of sales in a particular year. However, gross output of an 
industry overestimates an industry’s contribution to national income because it also includes the value of 
inputs produced by other industries. Gross Value Added is therefore usually taken to represent the true 
contribution that an industry makes to the national economy. This is the value of gross outputs minus the 
value of inputs from other industries. This added value of a particular industry is equivalent to the total staff 
costs plus profits before tax.” KEA (2006). 

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Figure 2: Share of EU member states in the total value added of the publishing of newspapers 
in 2007
Germany
28%
UK
21%
France
10%
Spain
8%
Italy
6%
The Netherlands
5%
Other EU countries
22%