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Newspaper numbers, 1900–40

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Newspaper numbers reached their peak in the early 20th century, before television and other media offered serious competition for audiences and advertisers.

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Mark Derby, Newspapers – The heyday of newspapers, 1900–1939, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/43179/newspaper-numbers-1900-40 (accessed 25 June 2026).

Story by Mark Derby, published 31 October 2013.