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The Belgians spend the most time with their newspapers -- 54 minutes a day -- followed by the Chinese, Finns and Brazilians, with 48 minutes each, on average.

The Japanese remain the world’s greatest newspaper buyers, with 630.9 daily sales per thousand adults. They are followed by Norway with 601.2 sales per thousand, Colombia with 587.8, Finland with 514.7 and Sweden with 466.2.

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More than 515 million people buy a newspaper every day

Incredible. I get so much of my news and knowledge from Clipmarks, but until they have wi-fi on the subway, I'll keep picking up the Times or the Post 4-5 days a week.