Get ready for even worse reporting....
The progressive blogs have expressed their outrage over the 24/7 "missing white woman" and "Tom Cruise meltdown" reportage that's become a mainstay of cable news. Apparently, the public still can't get enough:
Despite recent major world events like the London terrorist bombings in July and the late December tsunami in Thailand, newsweeklies continued to struggle for the first half of the year. Time magazine, published by Time Inc., saw circulation remain flat for the period at 4.05 million, while newsstand sales dipped 3.4 percent to 157,217 copies. Newsweek saw its newsstand sales plummet 14 percent to 126,163, while total paid circulation rose 1.8 percent to 1.05 million.
Meanwhile, celebrity newsweeklies continued to post sparkling circulation increases, as scandalous Hollywood unions (between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as well as Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes) kept readers clamoring for information. Time Inc.'s People saw total circulation rise 1.3 percent to 3.8 million. The king of the category was also the top seller on newsstands, averaging 1.49 million copies.
Bauer Publishing's In Touch grew 49.7 percent to 1.12 million. The $1.99 weekly title sold 1.09 million issues on newsstands (a whopping 49.8 percent increase over first half of 2004), which is more than either Wenner Media's Us Weekly or American Media Inc.'s Star. Us Weekly sold 989,011 copies on newsstands, while total circulation rose 23.9 percent to 1.67 million. Star sold 879.356 copies on newsstands; total circulation jumped 20.9 percent to 1.42 million.
Despite recent major world events like the London terrorist bombings in July and the late December tsunami in Thailand, newsweeklies continued to struggle for the first half of the year. Time magazine, published by Time Inc., saw circulation remain flat for the period at 4.05 million, while newsstand sales dipped 3.4 percent to 157,217 copies. Newsweek saw its newsstand sales plummet 14 percent to 126,163, while total paid circulation rose 1.8 percent to 1.05 million.
Meanwhile, celebrity newsweeklies continued to post sparkling circulation increases, as scandalous Hollywood unions (between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as well as Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes) kept readers clamoring for information. Time Inc.'s People saw total circulation rise 1.3 percent to 3.8 million. The king of the category was also the top seller on newsstands, averaging 1.49 million copies.
Bauer Publishing's In Touch grew 49.7 percent to 1.12 million. The $1.99 weekly title sold 1.09 million issues on newsstands (a whopping 49.8 percent increase over first half of 2004), which is more than either Wenner Media's Us Weekly or American Media Inc.'s Star. Us Weekly sold 989,011 copies on newsstands, while total circulation rose 23.9 percent to 1.67 million. Star sold 879.356 copies on newsstands; total circulation jumped 20.9 percent to 1.42 million.
posted by Matt Sandwich | 9:32 AM
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