Print Media Retail Sales See Sharp Declines in 2011

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Newsstand sales show a sharp decline in 2011 compared to the year before, according to preliminary data released Friday by magazine retail sales information provider MagNet.

Numbers derived from MagNet’s retailer point-of-sale (POS) analysis show fourth quarter 2011 U.S. sales of non-weekly product at $517.8 million, down 9.2 percent from the same period in 2010. Sales for weekly product were down 11.9 percent, to $226.5 million. Overall sales declined 10.1 percent, to $744.3 million.

Looking at 2011 vs.

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