Table 1: Daily Newspapers
Newspaper Language Owner Year Founded

Independent Newspapers

Ha'aretz Hebrew Schoken 1918
Yediot Aharonot Hebrew Moses, Fishman 1939
Ma'ariv Hebrew Nimrodi 1948
Israel Hayom Hebrew Adelson 2007

Financial Newspapers

Globes Hebrew Fishman 1983
TheMarker* Hebrew Schoken 2008
Calcalist Hebrew Moses 2008

Party Newspapers

Hatzofe** Hebrew NRP*** 1938
Hamodia Hebrew Agudat Israel 1949
Yated Ne'eman Hebrew Degel Hatorah 1985
Al-Ittihad Arabic Hadash**** 1948

Other Languages

Jerusalem Post English

Mirkay Tikshoret & Canwest Global Communications

1932
Ha'aretz/International Herald Tribune English

Schoken & New York Times

1997
Vesti Russian Moses 1992
Al-Sinarah (Weekly) Arabic Mashur 1983

*In 2005, TheMarker became the financial section of Ha'aretz, but since January 2008 it has also been sold separately.
**Merged with Makor Rishon on April 25, 2007, and is nolonger affiliated with the National Religious Party (NRP).
***National Religious Party
****Arab-Jewish Communist-Socialist Party

Table 2: Exposure to Major Daily Newspapers, 2001-2007

Newspaper

Yediot Aharonot

Ma'ariv

Ha'aretz

Globes

Year

Weekdays

Weekends

Weekdays

Weekends

Weekdays

Weekends

Weekdays

Weekends

2001

48.8%

62.8%

26.8%

35.6%

9.1%

11.4%

3.4%

2.5%

2002

46.4%

62.7%

24.5%

35.4%

9.0%

11.0%

3.4%

2.8%

2004

42.5%

53.9%

23.6%

29.6%

7.0%

8.8%

3.2%

2.2%

2005

42.9%

54.1%

22.0%

27.1%

7.6%

8.8%

3.3%

2.2%

2007

38.4%

50.7%

17.0%

21.9%

7.4%

8.4%

3.4%

2.7%

*Jewish adults above age 18--Average reading newspaper edition.
*Weekdays: Sunday-Thursday; Weekends: Friday. Newspapers are not published on Saturdays and holidays.
Source: TGI survey by Tele-Gal, http://www.telegal.co.il/enindex.html.

Table 3: Exposure to Ma'ariv vs. Yediot Aharonot, 1975-2007

Year

Ma'ariv

Yediot Aharonot

 

Weekdays

Weekends

Weekdays

Weekends

1975

52.2%

52.6%

36.7%

38.4%

1985

19.0%

26.0%

59.0%

45.0%

1995

23.9%

26.7%

54.4%

68.7%

2001

26.8%

35.6%

48.8%

62.8%

2005

22.0%

27.1%

42.9%

54.1%

2006

19.2%

24.8%

39.8%

50.7%

2007

17.0%

21.9%

38.4%

50.7%

*Jewish adults above age 18--Average reading newspaper edition.
Sources: For 1975 and 1985: Dan Caspi and Yehiel Limor, The In/Outsiders: The Media in Israel (Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1999); for 1995: Israel Advertisers' Association; for 2001-2007: TGI survey by Tele-Gal.

Table 4: Television Ownership, Funding, and Regulation

Type

Public

Commercial

Cable & Satellite

Ownership

Public

Private

Private

Funding Sources

Fee + Sponsors

Advertising

Subscription

Regulation

IBA*

SATR**

Council for Cable & Satellite Broadcasting

Channels

Educational (1966***)

1 (1968)

33 (1994)

2 (1993)

10 (2002)

Cable (1989)

Satellite (2000)

*Israel Broadcasting Authority
**Second Authority for Television and Radio
***Year Founded. Educational Television is funded by the Ministry of Education

Table 5: Television Access

Percentage of TV Sets

Jewish Population

Above Age 4

Total Population

Above Age 4

Jewish Population

Total Population

Individuals

Households

Individuals

Households

91.1%

92.1%

4,330,000

1,487,000

5,472,000

1,736,000

Source: Tele-Gal, 2005.

Figure 1: 25 Top-Rated Television Shows by Genre, January 2008

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Programs aired between January 6 and 12, 2008
Source: The Israel Audience Research Board, Tele-Gal, TNS

Figure 2: Top-Rated Programs by Channel, 2007-2008

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Monthly average, top 25 programs
Source: The Israel Audience Research Board, Tele-Gal, TNS Radio

Table 6: Regional Radio Stations

North

Center & Tel Aviv

South

Orthodox Jewish

Arabic

Zafon Lello Hafsaka

Kol Rega

Radio Haifa

 

Radio Emtza HaDerech

Radius

Radio 99

Radio Lello Hafsaka

Radio Tel-Aviv

91 Lev HaMedina

Radio Jerusalem

Radio Darom

Kol HaYam HaAdom

Kol Chai

Al-Shams

Source: The Second Authority for Television and Radio, 2008, http://www.rashut2.org.il/english_stations.asp.

Table 7: Radio Ownership, Funding, and Regulation

Type

Public

Public

Commercial

Ownership

Public

IDF*

Private

Funding Sources

Fee + Advertising

IDF Budget + Sponsors

Advertising

Regulation

IBA**

IBA + Chief Education Officer

SATR***

Networks

Kol Israel (1936****)7 Channels

Galei Zahal (1950) Galgalatz (1993)

Regional Stations (1995)

*Israel Defense Forces

**Israel Broadcasting Authority

***Second Authority for Television and Radio

****Year Founded

Table 8: Radio Listening, 2004-2007

Year Network

2004

2005

2006

2007

Kol Israel

49.20%

45.90%

43.5%

42.3%

Galei Zahal

47.00%

45.30%

45.6%

44.7%

Regional Stations

37.10%

34.60%

34.5%

34.9%

Source: TGI Survey, Jewish adults above age 18, listening on weekdays (Sunday-Thursday); average listening at least once a day.

NEW MEDIA AND ADVERTISING

Figure 3: Households' Connection to the Internet, 1997-2006

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Percentage of total households.

Source: Israel's National Statistics Bureau, 1997–2006.

Table 9: Most Popular Activities on the Internet

Activity

First Activity

Second Activity

Total

Searching for Information

35 %

31%

66%

Using Email

35%

23%

5 8%

News

16%

12%

28%

Consumer Sites (Shopping, Banking, etc.)

4%

10%

14%

Chats / Discussion Groups/ Instant Messages

3%

8%

11%

Software and Games

3%

3%

6%

Downloading Music / Media Files

3%

1%

4%

Listening to Radio, Watching TV Shows

0.5%

1%

1.5%

Reading Blogs

-

0.5%

0.5%

Other / No Opinion

-

10%

10%

Source: Netvision Institute for Internet Studies, Tel Aviv University, October 2006, Adults above 18.

Table 10: Primary News Sources

Medium

Primary Source

Additional Source

Total

Television

35%

38%

73%

Internet

26%

25%

51%

Newspapers

23%

21%

44%

Radio

14%

11%

25%

Other/No opinion

2%

6%

8%

Source: Netvision Institute for Internet Studies, Tel Aviv University, October 2006, Adults above 18.

Table 11: Advertising Expenditures by Medium, 1990-2006

Year

1990

1995

2002

2005

2006

Printed Media

Daily Newspapers

55.3%

49.1%

48.7%

43.2%

40.2%

Weeklies & Monthlies

6.7%

3.8%

6.9%

6.7%

6.3%

Other

17.7%

10.7%

0.1%

0.1%

-

Total

79.7%

63.6%

55.7%

50.0%

46.5%

Television

Channel 2

4.2%

22.9%

27.8%

24.5%

24.5%

Channel 10

-

-

1.3%

6.3%

7.2%

Other

-

-

0.3%

1.9%

2.3%

Total

4.2%

22.9%

29.4 %

32.7 %

34.0%

Radio

National

6.3%

5.6%

4.8%

3.7%

3.5%

Regional

-

-

2.5%

2.4%

2.3%

Total

6.3%

5.6%

7.3%

6.1 %

5.8%

Other

Cinema

0.9%

0.3%

0.7%

0.7%

0.9%

Billboards

8.8%

7.6%

5.3%

5.0%

5.0%

Internet

-

-

1.2%

5.2%

7.8%

 

Total (US$ Millions)

587

818

791

805

829

Sources: For 1990, 1995: Dan Caspi and Yehiel Limor, The In/Outsiders: The Media in Israel (Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1999); for 2002- 2006: Israel Advertisers' Association.

Figure 4: Advertising Expenditures by Medium, 2007

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Total expenditures: $898 Million.

Source: Israel Advertisers' Association and Ifat Advertising Research, 2008.