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COVID-19, Dwindling Sales May Shape Future of PRINT Newspapers in Nigeria

Although coronavirus has affected business operations across the world, the impact on print media is massive! It has put the industry in a tight corner amidst high running costs while circulation and advert sales are collapsing. More of their audiences have also moved to online platforms, thereby threatening the existence of newspaper publishers. In a quick poll conducted by Dataphyte on social media, 5.7% of the participants on Twitter buy newspapers daily, an incredible small faction compared to 61.1% who never buys a newspaper.