Straight Facts - Purchases/Music CDs

In the City of Vancouver, Georgia Straight readers spend more money annually on music CD's, either for themselves or as gifts, than the readers of any daily newspaper.

• $31.4 million = Total annual spending on music CD's by all Vancouverites
  
• $21.6 million of this is spent by Georgia Straight readers (69% market share)
• $18.3 million by past week Vancouver Sun readers (58% market share)
• $13.0 million by past week Province readers (42% market share)
  
• $ 7.7 million by past week Metro readers (25% market share)
  
• $10.7 million by past week 24 HOURS readers (34% market share)

In the City of Vancouver, readers of a single issue of the Georgia Straight spend more money annually on music CD's, either for themselves or as gifts, than the readers of a single issue of any daily newspaper, community weekly, or magazine.

• $31.4 million = Total annual spending on music CD's by all Vancouverites 18+
  
• $14.4 million is spent by past week Thursday Georgia Straight readers (46% market share)
  
• $ 8.7 million by past week Thursday Vancouver Sun readers (28% market share)
  
• $ 5.8 million by past week Thursday Province readers (18% market share)
  
• $ 3.0 million by past week Thursday Metro readers (9% market share)
  
• $ 5.9 million by past week Thursday 24 Hours readers (19% market share)
  
• $ 4.4 million by past week Friday Globe & Mail readers (14% market share)
  
• $ 9.6 million by past week Friday Courier readers (30% market share)
  
• $ 5.3 million by past week Thursday West Ender readers (17% market share)
  
• $ 7.4 million by past month Vancouver Magazine readers (24% market share)
  
• $ 3.5 million by past month Western Living Magazine readers (11% market share)