I am looking for the names and circulation figures of the most popular
tabloid newspapers in Europe.  There may be a web site that covers all
of Europe (or the world), but I can not find it.

I am most interested in the following countries: Austria, Belgium,
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands.

Any contact information such as web site or main telephone number
would be very helpful.

<Willings Press Guide contains all the information you need. It is
divided into three volumes ? UK, Europe (excluding UK) and World
(excluding UK and Europe).
http://www.willingspress.com/default.asp

You can access the online version for a 48 hour trial. This involves
filling in a registration form giving personal details like name,
address, email and company details. You will be sent a password and
can then access the data base.
http://www.willingspress.com/trialform.asp

Alternatively most good reference libraries should have a copy of the books. 

An alternative book with similar information is Benn?s Media.
http://www.cmpdata.co.uk/benns/>


<Search strategy:>

<willings press guide>
<://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=willings+press+guide>

<"Benn's media">
<://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&q=%22Benn%27s+media%22>


<Hope this helps.>

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Request for Answer Clarification by apir-ga on 22 Dec 2003 03:11 PST

This is a useful database of all newspapers in Europe, but I
specifically want someone to tell me what the most popular TABLOID
newspapers are in each of the countries I mentioned.

For instance, the largest tabloid newspapers in England are The Sun
and The Mirror.  What is equivalent to The Sun or The Mirror in all of
the other countries?  It is difficult and very time consuming to
confirm this based on the information in the press guide.

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Clarification of Answer by belindalevez-ga on 22 Dec 2003 05:10 PST

< This site provides details of the top 10 newspapers in each country
and includes links to their website.
http://www.allyoucanread.com/Top10_by_countries/index.asp?id=218

Journalismnet lists the most popular newspapers by country.
It contains listings for Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy,
Spain, Sweden and Netherlands.
http://www.journalismnet.com/papers/europe.htm

Worldinformation.com gives a profile for European countries with a
listing of the most popular newspapers.

Belgium
http://www.worldinformation.com/world/Europe_EU/Belgium/profile.asp?p=5&country=032

France
http://www.worldinformation.com/world/Europe_EU/France/profile.asp?p=5&country=033

Germany
http://www.worldinformation.com/world/Europe_EU/Germany/profile.asp?p=5&country=049

Hungary
http://www.worldinformation.com/world/Europe_EU/Hungary/profile.asp?p=5&country=036

Italy
http://www.worldinformation.com/world/Europe_EU/Italy/profile.asp?p=6&country=039

Spain
http://www.worldinformation.com/world/Europe_EU/Spain/profile.asp?p=5&country=034

Sweden
http://www.worldinformation.com/world/Europe_EU/Sweden/profile.asp?p=5&country=046

Netherlands
http://www.worldinformation.com/world/Europe_EU/Netherlands/profile.asp?p=5&country=031


Denmark 
http://www.worldinformation.com/World/europe_eu/Denmark/profile.asp?p=4&country=045

Finland
http://www.worldinformation.com/world/Europe_EU/Finland/profile.asp?p=6&country=358

Luxembourg
http://www.worldinformation.com/world/Europe_EU/Luxembourg/profile.asp?p=5&country=352

Portugal
http://www.worldinformation.com/world/Europe_EU/Portugal/profile.asp?p=4&country=351

Ireland
http://www.worldinformation.com/world/Europe_EU/Ireland/profile.asp?p=4&country=353>


<Hope this helps.>

Thank you.