Attesting to the continuing economic strength and institutional vitality of the newspaper business in 1985, this booklet presents a statistical summary of the industry in the United States and Canada. The statistics cover a wide range of topics, including (1) number of daily newspapers, (2) daily newspaper circulation, (3) daily newspapers by circulation groups, (4) single copy sales prices, (5) daily newspaper advertising volume, (6) newspapers' share of advertising expenditures, (7) ratio of advertising to total content of daily and sunday newspapers, (8) United States newsprint consumption compared to national economic growth 1970-85, (9) general newspaper prices in the eastern U.S. per metric ton, (10) newspaper employment compared to total U.S. employment 1947-85, (11) employment patterns of journalism school graduates, (12) U.S. weekly newspapers and circulation 1960-86, (13) U.S. daily newspaper circulation of the 20 largest papers in 1985, (14) the 20 largest U.S. newspaper companies in 1985, (15) total number and circulation of Canadian daily newspapers 1946-85, (16) the growth of newspaper advertising and the Canadian economy 1962-85, and (17) comparison of various Canadian advertising media in 1984 and 1985. (HOD)