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ABC Reports Highs and Lows in Newsstand Sales in First Half of 2007

By jason - up to 2007 (archived) • Aug 16th, 2007 • Category: News for Creatives (archives)

FROM FOLIOMAG:

Here’s a list of the industry’s overall largest gainers and decliners in consumer magazines:

Top 10 Gainers

Name, Percentage Increase, Single Copy Sales 6 months ending 06/30/07, Single Copy Sales 6 months ending 06/30/06

Newsmax 697.3 percent, 27,220, 3,414

Riviera – San Diego 88.9 percent, 102, 54

Education Week 88.6 percent, 83, 44

Bassmaster 63.6 percent, 6,721, 4,109

Handy (Handyman Club of America) 62.6 percent, 3,858, 2,373

Women’s Health 52.1 percent, 275,284, 181,008

Tampa Bay Illustrated 49.8 percent, 638, 426

Sailing World 42.7 percent, 4,551, 3,189

Yankee 39.0 percent, 30,503, 21, 938

Islands 36.8 percent, 27,044, 19,772

Magazines that narrowly missed being in the Top 10 include:

Better Homes and Gardens 35.5 percent, 242,833, 179,167

Fast Company 35.0 percent, 24,332, 18,030

Inc. 34.3 percent, 17,463, 13,007

Body + Soul 30.8 percent, 55,302, 42,276

Top 10 Decliners

Name, Percentage Decrease, Single Copy Sales 6 months ending 06/30/07, Single Copy Sales 6 months ending 06/30/06

Conceive Magazine -87.5 percent, 1,800, 14,444

Child -80.5 percent, 1,583, 8,116

Diabetes Self-Management -77.5 percent, 1,350, 6,001

Horticulture -72.0 percent, 4,576, 16,320

Gardening How-To -67.0 percent, 527, 1,598

Hamptons Magazine -59.3 percent, 310, 762

National Speed Sport News -57.7 percent, 4,311, 10,198

GIANT -52.8 percent, 12,740, 26,986

Stock Car Racing -52.4 percent, 2,570, 5,399

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