Newsstand sales of US magazines drop 11 pct

NEW YORK - Newsstand sales of U.S. magazines continue to drop. An industry group says single-copy sales fell 11 percent during the second half of 2008, compared with the same period a year earlier.

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Published: Mon 9 Feb 2009, 9:02 PM

Last updated: Thu 2 Apr 2015, 3:54 AM

Overall circulation including subscriptions remains largely flat, but because publishers make more from newsstand sales, their circulation revenue is dropping.

The numbers are being released Monday by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. They are based on 535 magazine titles that submitted circulation figures for both six-month periods.

The group puts total circulation for those titles at about 345 million. More than 43 million comes from newsstand sales.

Cosmopolitan remains the top-selling magazine at newsstands, with 1.8 million single-copy sales.


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