European free & paid market shares: The 2008 market shares are calculated using World Press Trends data from 2007 and the most recent free circulation data, meaning 2007 and 2008 data are compared, which can cause some problems. As paid circulation is going down in most markets, free markets shares are probably somewhat higher than reported.
Six European countries were in the >50% group in 2007. Denmark now has 34% free circulation, so it dropped out of the >50% group. Portugal still has 55% free, Iceland 72% and Luxembourg 51%. Macedonia has 53% free although this is not audited circulation but claims by the publisher. (via)
