Newspapers daily circulation declines

According to ABC, for 395 newspapers reporting this spring, daily circulation fell 7% to 34,439,713 copies, compared with the same March period in 2008.

Jennifer Saba, E&P1

NOTES:
1) Jennifer Saba, “New FAS-FAX Shows (More) Steep Circulation Losses,” April 27, 2009, Editor & Publisher Magazine, accessed May 26, 2009, http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003966601 (page no longer available)

You’re kidding, right? Magazine ad sales increase?

Ad pages in the monthly magazines’ January through September issues had fallen 7.4% from 2007, according to Media Industry Newsletter. The first nine months of 2007, by comparison, slipped only 1% from 2006. Before that, we’d seen a few years of gains.

Okay, so maybe it is not all bad.

The Economist… presented a crisp example of excellence in editorial, ad sales, circulation and marketing. Women’s Health continued its ascent…. Every Day With Rachael Ray even reversed the newsstand decline of first-half 2007.

Some Bright Spots in a Gloomy Year for Magazines