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City of Edinburgh Council

Media



Cinema and Film Production

Edinburgh has 37 cinema screens in seven locations. In 1997, the total box office admissions were 2.7 million.
Edinburgh has 38 film and television production companies, with over 70 support facilities companies. More than 300 people in the City work in the film industry.

Source: The Edinburgh and Lothian Screen Industries Office.



Scottish Newspaper Circulation
Sales of Scottish morning newspapers
(average net sales per day)

January-June 1997
Press & Journal (Aberdeen) 106,864
* Daily Record 693,443
Courier & Advertiser (Dundee) 99,820
The Herald 104,844
# The Scotsman 78,762
# Scotland on Sunday 102,917
Sunday Mail 821,209
Sunday Post 818,406
* Daily Record figures for March-August 1997.
# Edinburgh-based newspapers.

Other Edinburgh-based newspapers

Edinburgh Evening News 85,502
** Edinburgh Herald & Post 174,660
** Weekly and free.

Source: Audit Bureau of Circulation.

Estimated Circulation in Scotland of Non-indigenous Newspapers

Daily newspapers January-June 1997 Sunday newspapers January-June 1997
Daily Mail 119,000 Express on Sunday 58,000
Daily Telegraph 34,000 Mail on Sunday 99,000
The Express 103,000 News of the World 360,000
The Guardian 28,000 The Observer 40,000
The Mirror 43,000 Sunday Telegraph 52,000
The Sun 370,000

Source: Feather Brooksbank.
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