Print newspapers are not always affordable, and online publications are not always accessible in a country where unemployment has reached 13 percent. Lithuanian national radio dominates in the radio market. About 33 percent of Lithuanians prefer this radio station to the others. A total of 23 percent of the population of the capital city Vilnius and 42 percent of people living in rural areas get news from it. According to the media research company Gallup Media, about 70 percent of people aged 50 to 74 and only 4 percent of young people aged 20 to 29 prefer this radio station to the others.
Young people prefer television.
National TV is watched by about 9 percent of the entire Lithuanian television audience and only by about 4 percent of younger people. Daily newspapers are popular among the working population, especially in big cities. About 47 percent of the readers of the biggest daily Lietuvos rytas and about 17 percent of those of the second-largest daily Respublika read it at work. According to the National Readership Survey conducted by Gallup Media, about 25 percent of readers prefer Lietuvos rytas to the others. Back to Top Feedback Links Classifieds Customer Service Jobs at WPR Copyright 2000 by The Stanley Foundation .