OREANDA-NEWS. On December 29, 2008 With the purpose of the common publishing policy a working group for analyzing the situation was created, including representatives of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting, National Unity of Journalists, Ukrainian Association of Publishers and Booksellers, Ukrainian Association of polygraphic product producers, “Ukrvydavpoligraphia” National Stock Company, Ukrainian Association of Periodical Producers, Association of Ukrainian Pulp and Paper Enterprises “UkrPapir”, Ukrpapirprom National Joint Stock Holding Company.

Such decision was approved at a meeting in the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting on further operation of the publishing-printing complex of Ukraine under conditions of the economic crisis.

“Today in Ukraine a tendency to reduce issuing the publishing products circulation displayed, acting Head of the State Committee for Television and Radio Broadcasting Anatolii Murakhovskyi stressed. Thus, during 9 months of 2008 the Book Chamber of Ukraine received 12656 book titles and brochures with total circulation of 27728.4 thousand copies that as against the same information of 2007 makes: 116.8 percent of titles, 78.2 percent of circulation.

Participants of the meeting commissioned the Working group to draft and prepare a draft Memorandum of cooperation of participants of the publishing products market under conditions of the economic recession.