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Top 5 Monthly Magazines By Ad Pages, over the past 5 years

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Mediabids

 

Another one from Min Online - Full Story here

Pretty interesting - this is the top 10 Monthly Magazines over the past 5 years, as measured by ad pages.

Top 10 Monthly Magazine Five Year Report (2005-2009)

Title

ytd 2009

 

% diff

 

ytd 2008

 

Diff.

 

ytd 2007

 

Diff.

 

ytd 2006

 

Diff.

 

ytd 2005

Style Watch 

624.30 

23.50 

505.49 

36.87 

369.31 

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Saveur 

379.71 

12.27 

338.21 

-3.15 

349.21 

-1.27 

353.71 

-9.07 

389.00 

Family Circle 

1,739.53 

11.51 

1,559.93 

-13.73 

1,808.14 

10.56 

1,635.37 

8.88 

1,501.98 

Fitness 

736.35 

9.14 

674.70 

-22.62 

871.90 

11.32 

783.21 

-3.64 

812.81 

Flex 

2,604.91 

3.35 

2,520.53 

11.07 

2,269.35 

-3.28 

2,346.21 

16.14 

2,020.16 

Ladies' Home Journal 

1,269.57 

3.07 

1,231.80 

-20.34 

1,546.28 

0.13 

1,544.34 

-0.35 

1,549.69 

Muscle & Fitness 

1,995.81 

2.83 

1,940.96 

4.63 

1,855.08 

-2.08 

1,894.51 

14.58 

1,653.39 

Better Homes & Gardens

1,723.35 

2.04 

1,688.94 

-17.62 

2,050.09 

4.74 

1,957.33 

-8.24 

2,133.19 

Antiques, The Magazine 

848.50 

1.25 

838.00 

-9.41 

925.00 

-4.59 

969.50 

2.48 

946.00 

More 

917.94 

1.24 

906.74 

-30.32 

1,301.28 

19.01 

1,093.45 

12.82 

969.19 

Top Ten Magazine Closures of 2009

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Mediabids

 

From MarketingCharts.com - the top ten magazines who have folded this year. Read full story here.

So Far this year there have been 383 magazine closures and 259 new magazines started.

Part of the story:

 Top Magazine Closures This Year

Declining subscriptions, falling ad revenue and the shift to digital delivery and preference have  severely affected print publications’ viability during in 2009.  Earlier this year, MediaFinder.com reported that the number of magazine closures began to accelerate in Q209. And earlier this month, The Christian Science Monitor - which itself went from daily to weekly in 2009 - recently listed the top 10  magazines by circulation - based on MediaFinder’s numbers - that have folded so far this year:

  1. Country Home - 1,200,000 circulation
  2. Domino - 1,100,000
  3. Nick (Nickelodeon) Magazine - 1,000,000
  4. Gourmet - 977,000
  5. Hallmark Magazine - 750,000
  6. Travel & Leisure Golf - 650,000
  7. Time Style & Design - 550,000
  8. (tie) Cookie - 500,000
  9. (tie) Best Life - 500,000
  10. Condé Nast Portfolio - 450,000