Consumer Magazine Sales Continue To Slide

The numbers are in and, for the most part, they aren’t pretty.  According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations FAS-FAX report that sampled 550 titles, consumer magazine circulation fell by 1.2 percent in the second half of 2010.  While the skid is certainly not good news, it does mark an improvement over the 2.3 percent drop in the first half of last year.  Newsstand sales witnessed a sharp decline of 7.3 percent while total paid subscriptions were down 1.2