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 accessible and affordable to citizens. Analysis: Print media The print media currently available include the dailies The Herald (three months readership: 1 430 439)iv and The Chronicle (Bulawayo-based, 656 647). Weeklies are The Sunday Mail (1 022 418), The Sunday News (Bulawayo-based, 382 258), The Manica Post (Mutare-based, 27 327) and Gweru Times. All these papers are published by the Zimbabwe Newspapers Group (Zimpapers) which is majorityowned by government. The weekly The Financial Gazette (194 443) is said to be owned by the governor of the Reserve Bank. The weeklies The Standard (378 953) and The Zimbabwe Independent (183 157) are privately owned. Since 2008 several new publications have been launched: The Prime Minister’s office publishes a weekly newsletter which is distributed free of charge. Other newcomers are the Weekly Agenda produced by non-governmental organisation Bulawayo Agenda, and The Legal Monitor published by the NGO Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR). There are also numerous provincial papers being published by New ZIANA, the state-controlled news agency, and ten privately owned community newspapers in the major city centres with a combined circulation of approximately 4000. The Zimbabwean is produced in London, printed in South Africa and distributed three times a week in Zimbabwe and has a readership of 63 987. In September 2009, a new publication by Zimpapers, H-Metro, hit the streets of Harare. It is believed to have been launched in anticipation of private newspapers which are due to come on the market as soon as they are registeredv. H-Metro’s print run is small and the paper is only available in the capital. Newspapers are expensive for people to buy on a daily basis: a copy of The Herald presently costs US$1, the price of a loaf of bread, while other publications average iv Official figures from Zimbabwe All Media Products Survey (ZAMPS) October to December 2009. The figures represent those who claimed to have read the papers in “the last 3 months”. v See footnote 1 30 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER ZIMBABWE 2010