Tough Period for First-Half Consumer Circulation

ABC released its first-half 2011 FAS FAX report today and the numbers reflect a tough reporting period for publishers. The newsstand held back many attempts to gain circ, and overall circulation-paid, verified and analyzed non-paid-dipped into the negatives for about 45 percent of the U.S. magazines in the report. It wasn't all doom and gloom, however. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2011-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]

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