Those copies have to be reported separately, so the advertisers know how many copies are distributed that way.
I didn't know that.
Can you provide a link to confirm that?
I'd like to see it for myself.
Thank you in advance.
I wouldn't even trust these numbers as "real". I live in Allentown, PA. I subscribe to the Morning Call newspaper for Saturday and Sunday. They give me Thursday and Friday for free. Sometimes, I get Monday for free also. Somehow, I'd bet that those free ones count toward their circulation, even though I don't subscribe to them.
You responded:
"Those copies have to be reported separately, so the advertisers know how many copies are distributed that way."
I didn't know that. So I ask:
Can you provide a link to confirm that? I'd like to see it for myself.
And would you know what benefit there is to print and distribute a paper that goes straight to my recyling bin?