In Russia, does not go half of registered print media.

Of all the Russian media reported only 45 percent of magazines and newspapers about half are in the permanent market. These data Interfax reports with reference to deputy managing the periodical press, book publishing and printing Rospechati Gennady Kudiya.
According to his data, in December 2008 in Russia were registered 51,726 newspapers, 27,476 of them - the newspaper, and 20433 - magazines. Kudy told that the pace of growth in the number of publications in 2006-2008 was small - only about a thousand new titles.
According to officials, is now only about three and a half thousand newspapers and magazines "really shape the market." At the same time have earned much less media - a little more than a thousand magazines and newspapers 300-500.
Kudy noted that in the near future, many dailies pereformatiruyutsya in weekly to optimize your budget.