Business | Jan 20

Publication of over 100-yr-old Shukan Asahi magazine to be suspended

TOKYO, Jan 20 (NHK) - The publisher of Shukan Asahi says it will suspend publication of the magazine in May this year. Started over a century ago, the magazine is said to be Japan's oldest weekly.

Asahi Shimbun Publications says it made the decision because the market for weekly magazines is shrinking. It also explained that revenues from advertisements have decreased.

The firm says that circulation of the Shukan Asahi surpassed one million in the 1950s, but plummeted to about 74,000 on average last December. ...continue reading

Source: ANNnewsCH

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