Newsstand Magazine Sales Slide 10%
U.S. magazine sales fell nearly 10% in the first half of 2012, a troubling sign for print publishers that suggests Americans are still being careful about discretionary spending.
U.S. magazine sales fell nearly 10% in the first half of 2012, a troubling sign for print publishers that suggests Americans are still being careful about discretionary spending.
Say farewell to SmartMoney. The glossy yet insightful monthly magazine isn't dying for a lack of readers: It has more than 800,000 subscribers. But with ad sales floundering and expenses rising, Dow Jones has been forced to turn it into an online-only publication.
The citizens of Red State America are hopping mad, and they're doing something about it: buying magazines. Titles for gun lovers, hunters, conservatives and Nascar fans were among the fastest-growing publications in the first half of 2010.


