Costs and Revenues of US Daily Newspapers, 1927 and 1930, Inland Daily Press Association (ICPSR 35160)
Version Date: May 14, 2014 View help for published
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Matthew Gentzkow, University of Chicago, and National Bureau of Economic Research;
Jesse Shapiro, University of Chicago, and National Bureau of Economic Research;
Michael Sinkinson, University of Pennsylvania. The Wharton School
https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35160.v1
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The focus of this data collection was the costs and revenues of United States daily newspapers in 1927 and 1930. Detailed cost and revenues for 94 and 104 newspapers respectively, were obtained from tables in annual reports. Costs include mechanical, delivery and maintenance, administrative and editorial, paper and ink, costs. Revenues include local, foreign, classified, and legals and reader advertising. Data is from a non-random sample and newspaper names are unavailable.
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United States
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The sample is a non-random subset of the member newspapers of the Inland Daily Press Association.
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2014-05-14
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- Gentzkow, Matthew, Jesse Shapiro, and Michael Sinkinson. Costs and Revenues of US Daily Newspapers, 1927 and 1930, Inland Daily Press Association. ICPSR35160-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2014-05-14. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR35160.v1
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