InStyle, Vogue, Elle Lead Pack in Ad Pages for 2013
March 2013 may have been a good month for glossies, but the rest of the first half of the year wasn’t nearly as sunny.
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Tuesday May 28th, 2013
Wednesday March 13th, 2013
Worst-Selling Magazine Cover Stars from the Past Five Years
Which celebs tanked on the newsstands? Click through to find out.
Best-Selling Magazine Cover Stars From the Past Five Years
Click through to see which celebs ruled the newsstands over the past five years.
Tuesday March 12th, 2013
Why Jennifer Aniston Is Still the Queen of the Covers
For magazines, having Jennifer Aniston on your cover guarantees brisk newsstand sales. And Lauren Conrad is a pretty sure bet, too. But why do these two particular celebs fare so well, leaving Rihanna and Taylor Swift in the dust?
Rihanna and Taylor Swift Tank at Newsstands
Rihanna and Taylor Swift may have been at the top of their fame game in 2012–both released new albums, courted controversy in their love lives, and were damn near inescapable–but apparently people didn’t really care to see them on the cover of fashion glossies.
Both starlets were newsstand duds, according to the Alliance for Audited Media’s annual report of the best and worst selling glossy covers. So which cover stars did boost sales?
Wednesday January 23rd, 2013
InStyle, Marie Claire, Bazaar Post Record-Breaking Ad Pages for March 2013
March was a good month for fashion glossies this year.
Thursday August 9th, 2012
The September Covers Are Here! And We’ve Got All 42 of ‘Em
We hope your bags and backs are ready because it’s nearly that time of year again! That’s right–the September issues are upon us! As Candy Pratt’s Price famously drawled in The September Issue, “September is the January in fashion” (which, P.S., you can actually get as a ringtone–you’re welcome). What she meant is that September Read more →
Wednesday August 8th, 2012
From Kim Kardashian to Ryan Lochte: Who Sold the Most (and Least) Magazines This Year?
It’s safe to say the magazine industry has had some ups and downs this year, as we reported yesterday, with more downs than publishers like Conde Nast and Hearst would probably like. Today, WWD took a closer look at what specifically may have contributed to those ups and downs for glossies like Vogue and Allure, Read more →
Tuesday August 7th, 2012
Newsstand Sales Are Down Across the Board, Vogue, Elle See Double-Digit Dip
It might be easy to think that the magazine industry is finally out of the gutter–what with ad pages on the rise and September 2012 seeing some of the biggest issues ever–but as recent newsstand reports show, the industry is far from recovered. Newsstand sales for the first half of 2012 fell pretty much across Read more →
Thursday July 26th, 2012
September Issues By The Numbers: See How Vogue, Elle, and All the Rest Fared
In publishing, September is sort of like Final Exams: Each magazine is given a grade–in the form of ad pages–and that number is generally indicative of how well the mag fared all year, and what direction it’ll move in next year. After years of thinner, less ad-filled September issues (thank you recession!), magazines’ ad pages Read more →
Wednesday July 11th, 2012
Who’s Covering What: All the September Issue Cover Stars Revealed
It’s that time of year again. Nope, we don’t mean Comic Con–we’re talking about September glossy cover reveals. September issues are traditionally the cash cows for any fashion mag, and whoever graces the cover can make or break that month’s sales. Today WWD revealed a slew of covers–and we’ve added some reveals of our own.
Overall it’s not a very surprising list.
Monday June 11th, 2012
Fashion News Roundup: Kate Middleton Recycles a Jenny Packham Dress, Vogue Gets Its 20th International Edition, and Gianni Versace’s Miami Mansion is for Sale
Burberry is being sued by the estate of Humphrey Bogart after they used an iconic image of the actor wearing a trenchcoat from the film Casablanca. Adding insult to injury, Bogart’s son asserts the trench in the photo was probably from rival brand Aquascutum. {Telegraph} Kate Middleton went to a wedding this weekend, and in Read more →
