SECTOR 2 The media landscape, including new media, is characterised by diversity, independence and sustainability. 2.1 A wide range of sources of information (print, broadcasting, Internet) is available and affordable to citizens. There is a relatively wide range of sources of information in Zambia, originating from state, private and community media houses. People living in the capital, Lusaka, parts of the southern province (‘railway line corridor’) and the central Copperbelt region have access to the widest range and variety of information sources, including more than a dozen radio signals, all three daily newspapers, weekly newspapers, a range of educational, religious and community radio stations and seven local television stations, as well as the satellite subscription service from South Africa, Digital Satellite Television (DSTV). Print There are two daily state-run newspapers, the Times of Zambia (which includes the Sunday Times of Zambia) and the Zambia Daily Mail, and The Post, which is privately run and which appears seven days a week. The three daily newspapers are delivered to all the nine provinces in the country. The Monitor & Digest is a privately owned weekly newspaper, distributed in Lusaka. Another weekly newspaper, the Guardian Weekly, which was distributed to the Southern and Copperbelt provinces, closed in 2010. Other monthly newspapers include The New Vision and Rainbow Newspaper, both distributed within Lusaka. During the pre-election season (which panellists called the “rainy season”) there is a visible mushrooming of new weekly newspapers, which openly support certain political parties and only exist during this period. These include Stand Up for Zambia, the Supreme Times and The Zambian. The magazine market continues to grow and there are now at least six monthly, privately owned magazines in Zambia, including The Big Issue, a social magazine; the business publications, Zambian Analysis and Mobile Market; and the Catholic Church magazine, Icengelo, most of which are distributed in Lusaka and the Copperbelt and Southern provinces. The Bulletin and Record and Zambian Construction News are two new entrants to the magazine market within the last two years. 26 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER ZAMBIA 2011