> me that Haaretz is actually a fringe publication with
> only about 60,000 readers in Israel, mostly in Tel
> Aviv, and that it's actually primarily aimed at
> foreigners via the Internet (a la the Moscow Times).
> He also says it's 40% German-owned.
Wikipedia says the NYT has a weekday circulation of 1.1 million, and Israel has a population of 7 million, so that means it has nearly three times the per capita coverage of the NYT.
>From <http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/08/13/business/ibrief.php>
Haaretz stake sold
JERUSALEM: The German media concern DuMont has acquired a 25 percent stake in Haaretz, Israel's third-largest daily, for €25 million, or $32 million, the newspaper said. The left-leaning Haaretz's circulation is believed to stand at around 70,000, trailing Yediot Aharonot and Maariv, which together control 90 percent of the Israeli market. Cologne-based DuMont Schauberg said that the two companies seek "a longstanding business relationship." The Haaretz stake is DuMont's first investment in a foreign company. Haaretz is a printing partner of the International Herald Tribune. (AFP, AP)
See also <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haaretz>
-- Andy