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Ad page roar for
Martha Stewart Living

June sees 27 percent increase, signaling a rebound

   Martha Stewart Living is back. 
   After steep declines in ad pages during namesake Martha Stewart's legal troubles and eventual imprisonment for lying to federal officials, the magazine is seeing a surge in ad pages.
   For the month of June the title's pages jumped 27.3 percent over June 2004, according to the latest numbers from the Publishers Information Bureau. That follows a 3.7 percent gain in May and an 8 percent decline in April.
   Year-to-date, the title's June ad pages were still down 6 percent, but that figure has been trimmed substantially so far this year. Martha Stewart Living ended 2004 down nearly 47 percent from the prior year, but by April that figure had shrunk to a 15 percent decline versus the same four months the prior year.
   The magazine's ad sales have been invigorated by Stewart's release from prison this spring, which has freed her and her management team under CEO Susan Lyne to compete openly for ad pages in a way they could not when the domestic doyenne's fate was still clouded by a rash of unknowns, such as whether she would eventually go to prison.
  For months, Lyne has been talking up a reviving of ad sales in the second quarter of the year.
   Sally Preston, senior vice president and publisher of Martha Stewart Living, predicts the magazine will see double-digit year-to-date growth through September.
   "The media community didn't leave because they wanted to," she says. "They've always been rooting for us, and they've been waiting for us to turn around."
   But the magazine has also benefited from a rise in ad pages across the women's service category, which is up 5.8 percent year-to-date, paced by a 19.9 percent jump for Redbook. Oprah was up 17.4 percent, More  up 16.7 percent, and Real Simple up 12.3 percent.
   Helping the bump in women's service was an increase in spending from the food and food service industry. June spending was up 13.7 percent, with year-to-date spending up 18.3 percent.
  Overall magazine ad pages in June were up 2.3 percent over the prior June. Year-to-date growth paced at 1.9 percent. Year-to-date ad revenues based on rate cards before discounts were up 9.8 percent through June, to $11.6 billion. 
   Among the leading ad spenders in June were financial, insurance and real estate advertisers. That category grew by 15.5 percent over last June. Media and advertising was up 10.5 percent.
   Drugs and remedies spending continued to slide, declining 4.8 percent from last June and 4.9 percent year to date. 
   Among the magazine categories tracked by Media Life, the newsweeklies were down 10.3 percent through June. Time was off 18.4 percent, and Newsweek was down 14.0 percent. Only The Week saw increases, with pages up 18.6 percent through the first six months of the year.
   Business titles also declined in ad pages year-to-date in June at 5.7 percent. Fast Company, down 11.4 percent, Fortune, 11.3 percent, and Business Week, 10.1 percent, saw the largest declines.
   Overall, 13 of the 20 categories Media Life tracks experienced increases in ad pages during June compared to the year-to-date numbers through June last year. Six categories showed declines, and one, travel, was flat.
   Teen magazines showed the largest increase at 9.4 percent. Elle Girl led the way at 37 percent, followed by Teen Vogue at 29.9 percent and J-14 at 22.2 percent.
   Shelter was next with 8.5 percent growth followed by Sunday magazines with 6.8 percent.
   Personal finance declined slightly in the year-to-date numbers at 1.9 percent. Growth of 8.7 percent by Kiplinger's Personal Finance was offset by a decline of 8.2 percent by Barron's.

Automotive

Titles

2005
 $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05
pages

'04
pages

%
chnge

AUTOMOBILE
MAGAZINE

29,138,099

27,698,732

5.2

377.65

398.37

-5.2

AUTOWEEK

24,804,645

16,724,890

48.3

595.43

579.01

2.8

CAR AND DRIVER

104,113,183

82,390,432

26.4

584.67

561.29

4.2

HOT ROD

28,719,107

18,579,726

54.6

349.34

253.46

37.8

MOTOR TREND

74,483,186

64,107,561

16.2

569.08

542.64

4.9

ROAD & TRACK

63,321,024

48,915,308

29.5

584.38

573.59

1.9

TOTALS

324,579,244

258,416,649

25.6

3060.55

2908.36

5.2

Source: PIB


 

Entertainment/Celebrity

Titles

2005
 $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05
pages

'04
pages

%
chnge

ENT. WEEKLY

113,846,264

120,214,439

-5.3

843.40

951.20

-11.3

IN TOUCH

25,403,262

10,250,273

147.8

296.00

237.50

24.6

LIFE & STYLE

4,967,822

0

-

174.00

0.00

-

PEOPLE

412,560,151

360,380,818

14.5

1,870.34

1,700.24

10.0

PRMRE

15,006,253

11,635,323

29.0

264.18

229.73

15.0

ROLLING STONE

92,516,272

74,689,447

23.9

731.51

671.12

9.0

STAR

55,239,435

27,294,249

102.4

434.92

344.27

26.3

TV
GUIDE

168,630,654

197,321,744

-14.5

947.37

1,192.53

-20.6

US 

101,352,236

65,001,117

55.9

908.69

782.10

16.2

TOTALS

989,522,349

866,787,410

14.2

6470.41

6108.69

5.9

Source: PIB

 

Teen mags

Titles

2005
 $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05
pages

'04
pages

%
chnge

COSMO
GIRL

32,871,735

30,289,546

8.5

349.71

344.40

1.5

ELLE GIRL

12,819,113

8,882,717

44.3

327.59

239.13

37.0

J-14

2,651,284

2,066,982

28.3

88.83

72.67

22.2

SEVN
TEEN

45,919,829

43,911,746

4.6

452.14

459.03

-1.5

TEEN
PEOPLE

28,561,196

29,648,272

-3.7

353.14

383.15

-7.8

TEEN
VOGUE

33,496,671

14,116,428

137.3

432.41

332.93

29.9

Totals

156,319,828

128,915,691

21.3

2003.82

1831.31

9.4

Source: PIB

 

Women's service/beauty

Titles

2005
 $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05
pages

'04
pages

%
chnge

ALLURE

62,123,619

48,238,384

28.8

641.46

580.00

10.6

COSMO

166,108,388

157,955,946

5.2

830.45

863.57

-3.8

GLMR

120,346,625

98,696,234

21.9

785.02

699.53

12.2

JANE

24,063,833

22,434,385

7.3

399.86

396.97

0.7

MARIE
CLAIRE

56,109,103

53,226,224

5.4

601.54

642.09

-6.3

Totals

428,751,568

380,551,173

12.7

3258.33

3182.16

2.4

Source: PIB

 

Fashion

Titles

2005
 $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05
pages

'04
pages

%
chnge

ELLE

89,466,553

71,759,139

24.7

862.17

751.76

14.7

HRPR'S
BAZR

61,076,264

52,970,737

15.3

695.66

641.14

8.5

IN STYLE

183,467,712

158,765,886

15.6

1,645.13

1,525.66

7.8

LUCKY

62,545,599

48,283,026

29.5

768.95

711.03

8.1

TOWN & COUNTRY

61,062,558

54,081,137

12.9

806.93

814.63

-0.9

VOGUE

135,814,678

125,979,401

7.8

1,196.10

1,241.61

-3.7

W

59,537,293

55,178,731

7.9

822.33

817.14

0.6

 TOTALS

652,970,657

567,018,057

15.2

6797.27

6502.97

4.5

Source: PIB

 

Travel

Titles

2005
 $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05
pages

'04
pages

%
chnge

ARTHUR
FRMMERS
BDGT
TRVL

14,514,041

12,842,990

13.0

416.92

373.16

11.7

CONDE
NAST
TRAVLR

63,023,008

59,745,169

5.5

725.85

763.53

-4.9

DPRTRES

24,774,549

21,892,726

13.2

380.25

355.52

7.0

ENDLSS
VACTION

14,337,013

14,051,591

2.0

229.50

247.75

-7.4

NAT GEO
TRVLR

15,966,422

13,227,269

20.7

263.57

232.87

13.2

TRAVL+
LEISRE

70,252,455

66,674,156

5.4

791.42

834.48

-5.2

Totals

202,867,488

188,433,901

7.7

2807.51

2807.31

0.0

Source: PIB

 

General Interest & Lifestyle

Titles

2005
 $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05
pages

'04
pages

%
chnge

AARP

61,131,594

61,700,064

-0.9

130.21

138.49

-6.0

ATLNTIC

12,212,990

11,825,420

3.3

312.37

334.92

-6.7

BDGT
LIVING

7,090,976

7,451,469

-4.8

170.11

197.57

-13.9

CNTRY 
LVNG

74,057,794

63,355,352

16.9

567.53

555.15

2.2

GDPSTS

14,026,892

16,251,525

-13.7

168.19

212.89

-21.0

NAT GEO.

41,475,534

45,114,365

-8.1

207.85

243.46

-14.6

NEW
YORK

78,086,542

52,147,300

49.7

1,329.10

1,282.89

3.6

NEW
YRKER

96,306,418

86,195,363

11.7

1,010.94

1,005.10

0.6

READER'S
DIGEST

142,704,323

130,908,386

9.0

494.39

501.61

-1.4

SMTHSNN

33,750,208

30,641,310

10.1

291.99

292.06

0.0

SO.
LIVING

112,004,826

88,447,702

26.6

810.62

730.70

10.9

SUNSET

52,211,738

44,548,247

17.2

543.21

510.14

6.5

TEX.
MNTHLY

35,695,751

24,545,029

45.4

1,017.48

813.38

25.1

VANITY 
FAIR

116,809,342

103,948,367

12.4

935.92

932.72

0.3

Totals

877,564,928

767,079,899

14.4

7989.91

7751.08

3.1

Source: PIB

 

Parenting

Titles

2005
 $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05
pages

'04
pages

%
chnge

AMER.
BABY

50,197,769

49,144,552

2.1

332.84

346.34

-3.9

BABY TALK

36,175,900

30,369,324

19.1

283.05

255.05

11.0

CHILD

40,802,783

34,882,154

17.0

526.48

493.55

6.7

FAMILY
FUN

42,256,919

36,332,659

16.3

339.46

306.88

10.6

PARNTNG

83,137,012

78,356,382

6.1

644.55

632.29

1.9

PARENTS

90,043,043

87,758,746

2.6

687.11

725.92

-5.3

Totals

342,613,426

316,843,817

8.1

2813.49

2760.03

1.9

Source: PIB

 

Personal finance

Titles

2005
 $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05
pages

'04
pages

%
chnge

BARRONS

26,615,943

26,985,419

-1.4

716.90

780.93

-8.2

KPLNGRS
PERSNL
FINANCE

21,547,443

21,408,126

0.7

314.09

289.01

8.7

MONEY

81,762,727

70,517,135

15.9

512.49

481.21

6.5

SMART
MONEY

25,477,248

26,262,178

-3.0

357.64

387.49

-7.7

TOTALS

155,403,361

145,172,858

7.0

1901.12

1938.64

-1.9

Source: PIB

 

Newsweeklies

Titles

2005
 $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05
pages

'04
pages

%
chnge

ECONMST

35,934,553

33,471,295

7.4

1,083.10

1,160.59

-6.7

NEWSWK

217,031,449

235,436,026

-7.8

905.33

1,052.40

-14.0

THE
WEEK

7,965,750

4,503,000

76.9

253.75

214.00

18.6

TIME

268,512,508

311,894,968

-13.9

968.65

1,186.85

-18.4

U S NEWS

108,541,259

108,199,773

0.3

730.81

781.76

-6.5

 TOTALS

637,985,519

693,505,062

-8.0

3,941.64

4,395.60

-10.3

Source: PIB

 

Women's Service

Titles

2005
 $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05
pages

'04
pages

%
chnge

BTTR
HMS &
 GRDENS

385,876,045

349,978,654

10.3

1,026.50

1,033.00

-0.6

FMLY CRCLE

160,069,939

150,700,780

6.2

721.69

679.00

6.3

FIRST FOR WOMEN

15,659,626

14,256,182

9.8

280.02

276.80

1.2

GD
HSEKPNG

236,433,306

217,722,268

8.6

860.85

845.32

1.8

LADIES'
HME
JRNAL

162,800,030

143,924,090

13.1

743.84

724.45

2.7

MARTHA 

38,626,749

38,532,746

0.2

336.18

357.73

-6.0

MORE

42,829,478

32,459,911

31.9

472.32

404.63

16.7

O- Oprah

113,449,875

92,050,400

23.2

834.00

710.43

17.4

REAL
SIMPLE

94,216,100

71,821,526

31.2

741.85

660.63

12.3

RDBK

88,363,801

69,684,050

26.8

716.19

597.09

19.9

WMN'S
DAY

196,277,376

174,328,413

12.6

859.50

822.72

4.5

WOMAN’S WORLD

12,365,575

10,916,794

13.3

171.34

177.67

-3.6

WRKNG MTHR

11,446,726

12,579,305

-9.0

199.62

236.96

-15.8

Totals

1,558,414,626

1,378,955,119

13.1

7,963.90

7,526.43

5.8

Source: PIB

 

Fan Sports

Titles

2005
 $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05
pages

'04
pages

%
chnge

ESPN MAGAZINE

122,724,357

106,746,262

15.0

721.07

705.67

2.2

SPORTING NEWS

19,294,516

21,412,922

-9.9

359.19

419.23

-14.3

SPORTS ILL.

290,196,421

333,034,886

-12.9

962.03

1,152.68

-16.5

TOTALS

432,215,294

461,194,070

-6.3

2042.29

2277.58

-10.3

Source: PIB

 

Personal Sports

Titles

2005
 $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05
pages

'04
pages

%
chnge

BCYCLNG

11,769,669

8,439,157

39.5

247.47

200.16

23.6

GOLF
DIGEST

88,149,336

76,297,759

15.5

833.85

807.09

3.3

GOLF FOR
WOMEN

12,952,947

9,835,265

31.7

294.73

245.56

20.0

GOLF
 MAG

94,911,767

93,540,060

1.5

685.37

738.50

-7.2

GOLF
WORLD

18,777,129

15,467,465

21.4

671.11

650.05

3.2

SKI

12,587,646

11,296,386

11.4

232.43

235.42

-1.3

SKIING

7,712,512

6,623,091

16.4

156.22

153.58

1.7

TENNIS

13,893,561

15,988,123

-13.1

230.17

233.08

-1.2

T + L 
GOLF

17,470,505

16,281,435

7.3

259.48

268.71

-3.4

TOTALS

278,225,072

253,768,741

9.6

3610.83

3532.15

2.2

Source: PIB

 

Sunday mags

Titles

2005
 $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05
pages

'04
pages

%
chnge

AM,.
PROFILE

63,994,361

48,963,379

30.7

250.83

236.22

6.2

LIFE

52,572,062

0

-

163.50

0.00

-

LA
TIMES
MAG

23,386,433

23,721,242

-1.4

320.06

378.82

-15.5

NY TIMES
MAG

158,072,292

125,001,751

26.5

1,604.61

1,533.18

4.7

PARDE

301,592,507

301,051,326

0.2

323.60

330.99

-2.2

USA
WKEND

205,774,075

200,089,347

2.8

336.41

328.04

2.6

TOTALS

805,391,730

698,827,045

15.2

2,999.01

2,807.25

6.8

Source: PIB

 

Men's

Titles

2005
 $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05
pages

'04
pages

%
chnge

CARGO

13,714,964

6,953,679

97.2

280.44

178.72

56.9

DETAILS

25,735,999

23,184,312

11.0

522.84

508.10

2.9

ESQRE

40,269,956

37,013,561

8.8

427.47

436.23

-2.0

FHM

39,723,491

34,559,286

14.9

420.03

399.79

5.1

GQ

66,605,344

50,339,363

32.3

686.18

589.26

16.4

MAXIM

91,053,706

79,630,038

14.3

468.11

474.97

-1.4

MENS
FITNSS

21,347,292

23,726,250

-10.0

341.70

434.16

-21.3

MENS
HLTH

68,143,949

61,724,806

10.4

509.75

507.25

0.5

MENS
JRNAL

34,213,482

22,264,837

53.7

457.38

371.84

23.0

PLYBY

47,095,558

49,964,847

-5.7

293.19

342.90

-14.5

STUFF

27,873,824

28,045,833

-0.6

287.40

313.88

-8.4

TOTALS

475,777,565

417,406,812

14.0

4694.49

4557.1

3.0

Source: PIB

 

Shelter

Titles

2005
 $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05
pages

'04
pages

%
chnge

ARCH.
DIGEST

82,912,903

71,430,675

16.1

882.23

859.36

2.7

COTTAGE LIVING

10,659,804

0

-

257.00

0.00

-

CNTRY
HOME

77,812,982

71,412,910

9.0

440.55

483.38

-8.9

ELLE
DECOR

34,465,039

29,355,932

17.4

505.29

501.21

0.8

HSE &
GRDEN

32,262,676

28,194,878

14.4

345.50

347.73

-0.6

HSE
BTIFUL

42,601,738

42,318,760

0.7

374.72

422.94

-11.4

METR
HOME

40,339,340

24,511,710

64.6

459.57

363.22

26.5

THIS
OLD
HOUSE

28,706,103

26,218,802

9.5

404.39

411.54

-1.7

VRNDA

18,581,676

15,428,662

20.4

399.20

360.10

10.9

TOTALS

368,342,261

308,872,329

19.3

4068.45

3749.48

8.5

Source: PIB

 

Bridal

Titles

2005
 $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05
pages

'04
pages

%
chnge

BRIDAL
GUIDE

47,171,481

45,043,266

4.7

1,330.16

1,391.02

-4.4

BRIDE'S

81,044,642

81,377,056

-0.4

1,279.88

1,381.24

-7.3

ELEGANT
BRIDE

8,956,595

8,488,715

5.5

294.33

279.89

5.2

MODERN
BRIDE

69,776,941

66,466,533

5.0

1,091.89

1,128.76

-3.3

Totals

206,949,659

201,375,570

2.8

3996.26

4180.91

-4.4

Source: PIB

 

Epicurean

Titles

2005
 $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05
pages

'04
pages

%
chnge

BON APPETIT

47,162,705

44,340,309

6.4

456.07

502.73

-9.3

COOKING LIGHT

58,413,473

51,539,860

13.3

699.93

684.15

2.3

EVERYDAY FOOD

8,182,140

3,764,844

117.3

201.65

154.87

30.2

FOOD & WINE

34,437,406

35,285,080

-2.4

532.10

594.80

-10.5

GOURMET

50,427,683

45,645,175

10.5

558.81

566.55

-1.4

SAVEUR

7,052,846

5,760,411

22.4

188.17

170.96

10.1

Totals

205,676,253

186,335,679

10.4

2636.73

2674.06

-1.4

Source: PIB

 

Business/Finance

Titles

2005
 $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05
pages

'04
pages

%
chnge

BIZ 2.0

22,272,966

18,255,002

22.0

362.25

335.80

7.9

BIZ WEEK

159,688,658

169,392,366

-5.7

1,328.37

1,478.27

-10.1

ENTRPNR

46,239,713

42,605,338

8.5

642.93

702.35

-8.5

FAST CO.

15,685,513

16,604,047

-5.5

242.01

273.06

-11.4

FORBES

146,795,044

148,225,827

-1.0

1,526.00

1,568.72

-2.7

FORTNE

142,007,881

150,334,556

-5.5

1,401.08

1,580.37

-11.3

FORTNE
SB

23,007,747

17,640,883

30.4

257.62

208.61

23.5

HARV
BIZ REV

8,623,699

8,061,992

7.0

231.82

211.14

9.8

INC.

36,358,423

35,781,374

1.6

386.44

406.78

-5.0

TOTALS

600,679,644

606,901,385

-1.0

6378.52

6765.1

-5.7

Source: PIB

 

Outdoor & Recreation

Titles

2005  $s

2004 $s

%
chnge

'05 pages

'04 pages

%
chnge

BCKPCKR

10,456,532

9,236,161

13.2

266.78

258.59

3.2

BSSMSTR

10,552,949

10,066,880

4.8

279.71

266.24

5.1

BOATING

28,228,568

23,863,649

18.3

751.84

682.25

10.2

CCLE WRLD

22,556,569

17,811,600

26.6

513.77

470.63

9.2

FLD &
STRM

36,487,474

30,684,475

18.9

316.26

316.20

0.0

FLYING

9,214,821

7,967,747

15.7

382.38

346.10

10.5

MTRBTING

13,824,500

14,479,075

-4.5

511.20

573.84

-10.9

NAT GEO
ADVNT

13,217,475

8,725,486

51.5

248.85

208.18

19.5

OUTDR
LIFE

13,975,902

12,147,341

15.1

221.64

226.70

-2.2

OUTSIDE

37,388,501

30,023,278

24.5

460.02

410.97

11.9

PWR &
MTRYCHT

31,128,740

29,049,460

7.2

1,198.25

1,212.82

-1.2

SLT WTER
SPRTSMN

17,023,836

16,778,569

1.5

600.46

647.67

-7.3

YCHTING

32,968,755

31,261,749

5.5

1,124.80

1,155.39

-2.6

TOTALS

277,024,622

242,095,470

14.4

6875.96

6775.58

1.5

Source: PIB

  


 

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