No Surprise: Magazine Advertising Down In Third Quarter

The Publishers Information Bureau has released its third quarter advertising revenue numbers and it’s not good: total magazine rate-card-reported ad revenue dropped 18.6 percent this quarter compared to the same period last year. Ad pages dropped 26.6 percent.

Only one category out of the 12 top magazine ad categories — food and food products — grew during the third quarter of this year. That category saw 10 percent growth in revenue and a 3.9 increase in ad pages, “with sizeable upticks in ads for prepared foods, beverages and snacks, as well as ingredients and seasonings,” PIB said.

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