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23-456: In 2010, Ben Bateman of Willamette Week newspaper called Bridgetown "the fastest-growing comedy extravaganza in America." Successively larger and better-planned comedy festivals prompted one reviewer to comment, ". . . as usual, organizer Andy Wood and his royal army of geniuses outdid themselves. How can you make something already great even better? I'm not sure, but it happened." In late 2009,

46-436: A documentary about the festival which is still unreleased. Performers included Reggie Watts, Paul F. Tompkins, Emo Phillips, W. Kamau Bell, Paul Provenza, Carrie Brownstein, "Community" creator Dan Harmon, Aparna Nancherla, Ian Karmel, James Adomian, Nathan Fielder, festival co-founder Matt Braunger, Dwight Slade, and Nathan Brannon. Willamette Week Willamette Week ( WW ) is an alternative weekly newspaper and

69-483: A four or five percent increase over 2006, a growth that occurred in spite of a significant decline in classified advertising that the publisher attributed to competition from Craigslist . Its pre- tax profit in 2006 was around 5%, a third to a half of what large mass-media companies require. Notable stories first reported by WW include: Journalists, writers and artists who have worked at Willamette Week include: Newspaper circulation Print circulation

92-485: A list of newspapers with the largest circulation. In 2011, India led the world in terms of newspaper circulation with nearly 330 million newspapers circulated daily. In 2010, China topped the list in term of total newspaper circulation with 110.78 million a day, ahead of India in second with 100.993 million, followed by Japan, with 50.4 million; the United States, with 48.5 million; and Germany, with 19.7 million. In

115-713: A readership of over 2.370 million (with a circulation base of over 2.4 million copies) has the most circulation in other languages. The 2022 circulation figures for the morning and evening editions of Japan's newspapers: Yomiuri Shimbun , 6,870,000; The Asahi Shimbun , 5,890,000; Mainichi Shimbun , 2,572,000; Nihon Keizai Shimbun , 1,731,000; Chunichi Shimbun / Tokyo Shimbun ,2,871 ,000; Sankei Shimbun , 1,330 ,000; Nikkan Sports , 1,661 ,828; Hokkaido Shimbun , 1,896,594; Shizuoka Shimbun , 1,479,000; . The Norwegian Media Businesses' Association publishes national circulation figures for every newspaper in Norway every year. In 2011

138-816: A regional and national event. Part of Wood's approach in creating 'draw' to a weak comedy market was to couple art with philanthropy. In 2014, Kristi Turnquist of The Oregonian wrote that "The annual event brings comedians from around the country together with some of the Northwest's top acts, for four jam-packed days of hilarity." The 2008 Festival garnered some sixty performers, headlined by actor/comedian Patton Oswalt . Other performers included Tig Notaro (comedian, The Sarah Silverman Program ); Matt Braunger (founder and Portland native); Morgan Murphy (writer, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon ); Natasha Leggero (comedian, Reno 911! ); Dax Jordan and Chris Fairbanks (comedian, Fuel TV ). The 2009 Bridgetown Comedy Festival

161-595: A website published in Portland, Oregon , United States, since 1974. It features reports on local news , politics , sports , business , and culture . Willamette Week was founded in 1974 by Ronald A. Buel, who served as its first publisher. It was later owned by the Eugene Register-Guard , which sold it in the fall of 1983 to Richard H. Meeker and Mark Zusman , who took the positions of publisher and editor , respectively. Meeker had been one of

184-586: Is Le Journal de Montréal , which averaged 319,899 copies on Saturday, 267,404 Monday to Friday, and 264,733 on Sunday. Unlike in the United States, newspapers in Canada published their biggest and mostly widely read editions on Saturdays. The Audit Bureau of Circulations shows that the largest read local language newspapers to be Dainik Bhaskar (with 4.320 million readers) and Dainik Jagran (with 3.410 million readers), both published in Hindi . The Times of India

207-689: Is read by more than one person. Print circulation is a good proxy measure of print readership and is thus one of the principal factors used to set print advertising rates (prices). In many countries, circulations are audited by independent bodies such as the Audit Bureau of Circulations to assure advertisers that a given newspaper does reach the number of people claimed by the publisher. There are international open access directories such as Mondo Times , but these generally rely on numbers reported by newspapers themselves. The World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) publishes

230-408: Is the average number of copies of a publication . The number of copies of a non-periodical publication (such as a book) are usually called print run . Circulation is not always the same as copies sold, often called paid circulation , since some issues are distributed without cost to the reader. Readership figures are usually higher than circulation figures because of the assumption that a typical copy

253-579: Is the most popular paper in China. According to the Guinness Book of Records , the daily circulation of the Soviet newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda exceeded 21,500,000 in 1990, while the Soviet weekly Argumenty i Fakty boasted a circulation of 33,500,000 in 1991. In many developed countries, print circulation is falling due to social and technological changes such as the availability of news on

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276-476: Is the most widely read English language newspaper ( 3.029 million), followed by Malayala Manorama (2.370 million), Amar Ujala (2.067 million), Hindustan Times (1.132 million), Eenadu (1.732 million), Daily Thanthi is a Tamil daily (1.498 million), Anandabazar Patrika is Bengali language newspaper(1.075 million). Malayala Manorama newspaper which is published in Malayalam from Kerala, currently has

299-533: The Portland Mercury reviewed the festival, stating that, "Bridgetown (or should we say, Andy Wood) is changing Portland comedy" and the following year, the Portland Monthly stated that Wood "deserves several rounds of applause for making the fest happen . . . ." In his work as a comedy promoter, Andy Wood created a venue where the comedy market was struggling, and has promoted the venue to as

322-434: The 2019 survey, among the top 10 newspapers, all were Asian newspapers and four were Japanese newspapers. The Japanese Yomiuri Shimbun ( 読売新聞 ), Asahi Shimbun ( 朝日新聞 ) are still the largest circulated newspapers in the world. The Times of India is the largest circulated English-language daily newspaper in the world, across all formats (Broadsheet, Compact, Berliner and Online). Reference News ( 《参考消息》 )

345-462: The country is the Toronto Star , which, as of the six-month period ending on March 31, 2007, averaged 634,886 copies sold on Saturday, 436,694 Monday to Friday, and 442,265 on Sunday. The second most widely read paper is Toronto-based national newspaper The Globe and Mail , which averaged 374,000 copies on Saturdays, and 303,000 Monday to Friday. The most widely read French-language newspaper

368-485: The editorship. Meeker planned to continue working for the City of Roses Newspaper Company, WW's owner. Prior to his death in 2010, cartoonist John Callahan 's long-running comic "Callahan" appeared weekly in the paper, for almost 30 years. Since 1984, the paper has been free; as of 2007 over 80% of its revenue was generated through display advertising. For 2007, its revenue was expected to be about $ 6.25 million,

391-576: The increased competition from radio, television and, more recently, the Internet. A growing population helped the absolute circulation numbers continue to increase until the 1970s, where it remained stable until the 1990s, when absolute circulation numbers began declining. Newspaper circulation numbers are reported to the Alliance for Audited Media . The best-selling papers in America, measured by combined daily average circulation as of March 31, 2013, are

414-1112: The internet. On the other hand, in some developing countries circulation is increasing as these factors are more than cancelled out by rising incomes, population, and literacy. The Herald Sun has the highest circulation in Australia. Based in one of the country's two major cities, Melbourne , it is the result of the amalgamation of the original Sun and Herald newspapers. The Belgian institution CIM (Centre for Information about Media) publishes national circulation figures for all written, audiovisual and web-based media in Belgium. The top ten best-selling papers according to their website [1] are Het Laatste Nieuws , 317,715; Het Nieuwsblad , 245,209; SUD Presse (group of papers focused on community specific content), 147,749; Het Belang van Limburg , 121,428; Le Soir , 113,780; Vers l'avenir, 109,287 (group of papers focused on community specific content); La Dernière Heure , 107,583; De Standaard , 104,758. The most widely read paper in

437-599: The most read newspaper was the Oslo -based national newspaper Aftenposten , with a circulation of 235,795 followed by the tabloid Verdens Gang with 211,588. The local evening newspaper Aften averages 101,574 and the tabloid Dagbladet had 98,989 readers. The financial newspaper Dagens Næringsliv averaged 82,595. In the top ten list it is followed by five local newspapers: Bergens Tidende , 79,467; Adresseavisen , 71,657; Stavanger Aftenblad , 63,283; Fædrelandsvennen , 36,604 and Drammens Tidende , 33,352. As of August 2016,

460-467: The paper's first reporters, starting in 1974, and Zusman had joined the paper as a business writer in 1982. Meeker and Zusman formed City of Roses Newspaper Company to publish WW and a sister publication, Fresh Weekly , a free guide to local arts and entertainment. WW had a paid circulation at that time, with about 12,000 subscribers . A major change was made in January 1984, when Fresh Weekly

483-558: The top 6 best-selling papers are respectively: Hürriyet , 340,898; Sözcü , 322,829; Sabah , 313,989; Posta , 302,919; Habertürk , 253,256 and Milliyet , 143,577. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations the newspaper with the UK's highest paid circulation is the Daily Mail at 800,110 as of November 2022. The heyday of the newspaper industry was the 1940s, but the percentage of Americans reading newspapers began to decline with

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506-1415: Was headlined by Janeane Garofalo ( Saturday Night Live and The Larry Sanders Show alumnus), and featured Andy Kaufman Award-winners Reggie Watts and Brent Weinbach . It added long-form improv and podcasts to the schedule. The 2010 Festival featured 175 performers at nine venues and featured long-form improv, podcasts by Marc Maron and Jimmy Pardo, and comics including Maria Bamford, Tim Meadows, Scott Adsit, Tig Notaro, Greg Behrendt, Marc Maron, Christian Finnegan , Matt Besser, Matt Walsh, Matt Braunger, Danny Pudi, Steve Agee, T.J. Miller, and Hannibal Buress. 192 performers included Margaret Cho, Fred Armisen, Kristen Schaal, Andy Dick, Simon Helberg ("The Big Bang Theory"), Oscar Nunez ("The Office"), Aparna Nancherla and Doug Benson. Comics included Dave Holmes, Doug Benson, Eric Andre, Erin Jackson, Howard Kremer, James Adomian, Jimmy Dore, John Roy, Mary Lynn Rasjkub, Mary Mack, Matt Besser, Matt Braunger, Matt Kirshen, Pete Holmes, Ron Funches, Sean Patton, Steve Agee, Tim Meadows, and Todd Glass. Performers included Dana Gould, Reggie Watts, Todd Glass, Moshe Kasher, Greg Behrendt, Kurt Braunohler, Robert Popper, Peter Serafinowicz, Myq Kaplan, Baron Vaughn, Kurt Braunohler, Moshe Kasher, Howard Kremer, Nato Green, Matt Braunger and Baron Vaughn. In 2013 Filmmakers Adam Smith and Shannan Hunt started shooting

529-454: Was merged into WW , the paper's print run was increased to 50,000 and paid circulation was discontinued, with WW thereafter being distributed free. WW increased circulation to 90,000 copies by 2007. Circulation has declined to 50,000 by March 2020. In June 2015, Richard Meeker stepped down as Willamette Week ' s publisher, after more than 31 years in the position. Editor Mark Zusman succeeded him as publisher, while also retaining

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