Category Archives: Magazines

Did Miley Cyrus Save The Newsstand?

Posted on May 16, 2013 by

You may remember that back in February, singer, former Disney star and social media queen Miley Cyrus made the cover of the March issue of  Cosmopolitan Magazine. When the issue went on sale, she encouraged her fans to spread her … Continue reading →

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The Shrinking SBT Iceberg

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

Last week the Alliance for Audited Media (AAM, formerly known as the Audit Bureau of Circulation), announced that it would allow for the calculation of “shrink” in determining the single copy sales of it’s audited magazines. While this wasn’t unexpected, … Continue reading →

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Things Placed In Front of The Magazine Rack: The Actors Edition

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

How many romantic comedies and television series from the 1990′s and the last decade featured characters who worked for newspapers, magazines or book publishers? We don’t see a lot of Norma Raes (or Roseannes for that matter) up on the … Continue reading →

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Things Placed In Front of The Magazine Rack: The (Post) Valentine’s Day Edition

Posted on February 15, 2013 by

According to an article that appeared in Business Insider this week, print magazines are dying because people in check out lanes are spending all of their time looking at their smart phones and not looking at all of the magazines, iced tea, … Continue reading →

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