In how many newspapers did the last new daily "Peanut" appear?

Charles Schulz died in February, 2000. He was 77 years old. Millions of people around the world who loved the comic strip “Peanuts” commemorated the 20th anniversary of his death. The artist who created Charlie Brown and his dog Snoopy had retired a month earlier because of poor health. The last new daily “Peanut” appeared on January 3 in 2,600 newspapers in 75 countries.