Publishing and printing industry manufacturing value added in Philippines 2009-2018
Traditional media publication like that of print media is slowly being challenged by digital media in the modern landscape of media market. Although, digital publishing is trending worldwide, the manufacturing value added of the publishing and printing industry in the Philippines has increased since 2009 and was valued at approximately 19.5 billion Philippine pesos in 2017.
Readers
The Philippines is an English-speaking nation where one of the official languages recognized in the country is the English language. Public documents and books are all published in English. Within the country, at least 49.2 percent of the local readers read books once a week. According to the readers, reading books expands their knowledge, helps them keep up with current events happening in the world, and improves their reading ability along with grammar, comprehension, and vocabulary.
Newspaper market
In a recent survey conducted in the Philippines in 2018, only 13 percent reported reading tabloids in the past 12 months. Digital news emerges as the more favoured source for information news across the country. In 2018, ABS-CBN was the leading digital publishing company for general news in the Philippines.
Readers
The Philippines is an English-speaking nation where one of the official languages recognized in the country is the English language. Public documents and books are all published in English. Within the country, at least 49.2 percent of the local readers read books once a week. According to the readers, reading books expands their knowledge, helps them keep up with current events happening in the world, and improves their reading ability along with grammar, comprehension, and vocabulary.
Newspaper market
In a recent survey conducted in the Philippines in 2018, only 13 percent reported reading tabloids in the past 12 months. Digital news emerges as the more favoured source for information news across the country. In 2018, ABS-CBN was the leading digital publishing company for general news in the Philippines.
