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Economist reaches 800,000 subscribers in North America

The Economist now has more than 800,000 subscribers in North America, according to ABC numbers released Monday morning. That’s an 8.5 percent increase from the same time a year ago.

The total number of North American subscribers at the end of June was 810,821.

Worldwide, the magazine now has more than 1.4 million subscribers, a 6 percent increase from the same time in 2008.

“The Economist is for anyone who wants to make sense of the world,” said Alan Press, senior vice president, marketing, in a statement. “Our consistent global growth over the last 26 years shows that there are more and more curious people who seek out intelligence and insight and have discovered that The Economist offers both.”

Subscribers in continental Europe totaled 239,298, an increase of 2 percent. In the United Kingdom, subscribers totaled 187,341, an increase of 3 percent.

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