Magazine circulation declined slightly in the last six months of 2013, according to new figures released Thursday by the Alliance for Audited Media, as big declines in single-copy newsstand sales offset gains in digital editions.
Total average circulation was down nearly 2 percent, according to the report, which covered the six-month period that ended Dec. 31. Paid subscriptions were down just over 1 percent, but single-copy sales declined by more than 11 percent.
Digital editions, a growing segment on which many magazines have made heavy bets, were up nearly 37 percent over the same period in 2012. More than 300 magazines reported a total of nearly 11 million digital edition sales.
via Magazines Gain in Digital Sales but Newsstand Revenue Continues to Fall – NYTimes.com.
