State of the News Media 2016: News Magazines By: Jake Woodrich
SINGLE COPY PRINT SALES are on the decline.
SINGLE COPY DIGITAL SALES are increasing dramatically.
This graph depicts the extreme growth in single copy digital sales of news magazines in recent years.
Digital Subscriptions are increasing, as well, while overall Subscriptions remain rather static.
There are more and more people heading to online news magazines, but there is less time actually being spent on the site.
What about the moolah, you ask?
Despite an online presence that is stronger than ever, revenue is unfortunately trending downward for consumer magazines.
What else is new, you ask?
Digital all-access programs: allows readers unlimited access to an abundance of popular magazines online for just one flat fee per month. This relatively new concept hopes to raise magazine revenue.
So, What is the current state of news magazines, you ask?
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