Attesting to the continuing economic strength and institutional vitality of the newspaper business in 1987, 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) single copy sales price; (4) daily newspaper advertising volume, expenditures, and content; (5) newsprint consumption and prices; (6) employment; (7) weekly newspaper circulation; (8) the 20 largest newspapers in 1986; and (9) Canadian newspaper circulation and advertising. A section of additional facts about the newspaper industry is included, as is information on the American Newspaper Publishers Association. (HTH)