We chose this paper because it has the largest circulation of a daily paper in the country (i.e., 530,000 readers out of a national population of 4 million), and its reporting is likely to represent that of other mainstream media.
Case 2000 is examining whether Netanyahu behaved improperly during a taped conversation with a newspaper publisher in which he appeared to try to negotiate more sympathetic coverage in return for lowering the circulation of a rival paper.
Central to the affair, which police have called Case 2000, is the allegation that Netanyahu tried to ensure more positive coverage in the Israeli media by offering to reduce the circulation of a rival, pro-government paper in exchange for kinder coverage from Yedioth Ahronoth.
Circulation of the paper has fallen 5.3% compared to the final half of 2012.
The circulation of the paper had been "top secret" under Mr. Antic's direction.
By HOW much did the circulation of the paper increase on Fridays?
Sitting at the head of a small table at the office of the daily Hambastegi, Muhammad Ibrahim Asgharzadeh scribbles notes and listens carefully to suggestions for increasing circulation of the paper, the voice of his reformist Solidarity Party.
Circulation of the paper, which was founded in 1925, has been running at just above 20,000 for some time, one of the lowest daily sales in the country.
The circulation of the paper instantly began to leap; the public for that kind of paper, at a lower price, which Mr. Ochs alone had discerned, was actually there.
Last year the number of digital subscribers, now more than 300,000, surpassed the print circulation of the paper, which has slipped below that figure.
