Though "dark sharing", as the existing, informal circulation of papers is known, is technically a violation of copyright, publishers have turned a blind eye to it, since cracking down on it would annoy an awful lot of their readers.
Thanks to the classic Twentieth-Century British Political Facts 1900-2000 and British Political Facts Since 1979, by David and Gareth Butler (and researcher Katy Stoddard) we can see the figures both for individual papers and for the collective circulations of papers supporting Labour, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats.
A widening probe into bribery in the multimillion-dollar German submarine deal has already ensnared Netanyahu's former senior aides, and officials are investigating allegations he attempted to secure positive newspaper coverage by offering to curtail the circulation of the paper's rival.
Furthermore, a good deal of the decline can be chalked up to the life-style changes that killed the evening paper: since 1980, the circulation of morning papers has actually risen by almost sixty per cent.
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?
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.
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.
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.
