At the Operathon last year, the company raised about $5,000 and drew new subscriptions.

The issue generated about 10,000 new subscriptions, at a price of $113.88 each, a spokeswoman said.

"We are giving away commentaries on the Koran with every new subscription."

Moreover, an official from the Philharmonic said, new subscriptions are up 32 percent.

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The 30 percent of new subscriptions they normally supply to the nation's magazine publishers are off by a third.

Now that the regulations are out, new subscriptions will presumably resume soon.

"We went from logging 3,000 to 4,000 new subscriptions a day to 5,000 to 6,000," he said.

He won that contest, going out selling new subscriptions door to door.

In terms of new subscriptions over the five years from 1999, Africa has outpaced other markets with 58.2% growth.