Blogger Sans Serif offers this "short and sweet quiz about Indian newspapers". Q1: Between 2005 and 2006, how many newspapers were launched in India? Q2: Exactly how many copies of newspapers are sold daily in India? Q3: How many Indians can read and write but still do not buy a newspaper? Relatively short answers can be found on Editors' weblog but, for context, you need to go to the Los Angeles Times.
You must know right away? OK then, the answers are: 1. 2,100; 2. 78.7m; and 3. 350m. Fascinating figures that show why so many western newspaper companies are moving into the sub-continent market.
