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Rodale’s Women’s Health, which launched last year, saw ad pages grow 46.6 percent in the third quarter. Men’s Health ad revenue rose 12.3 percent, while Best Life, a relatively new men’s lifestyle magazine saw ad revenue grow 27.8 percent.
Overall, Rodale reported a 15.5 percent growth in print ad revenue in the third quarter, compared to the same period last year, writes MediaPost.
Runner’s World revenues rose 11.3 percent, with ad pages up 12.6 percent. Growth at the various titles was led by over-the-counter drugs and medical, which leapt 43.7 percent, and toiletries and cosmetics, which grew 30 percent.
Online ad sales accounted for about 8 percent of total revenues, compared to 5 percent in the same quarter last year.
Katz Media Group has added another new client, Lincoln Financial Media, and will sell ad time on the company’s 15 stations beginning immediately.
Katz also added CBS Radio and Entercom last week, picking them off from Interep’s list.
Katz has also…
Last week, Aegis Group CEO Robert Lerwill resigned unexpectedly, sparking speculation that a takeover may be on the horizon.
Lerwill stepped down officially today (Monday), with Aegis chairman John Napier taking over his duties on an interim basis, writes MediaPost. People…
Out-of-home companies are bracing for the recession like everyone else, but they may not feel the sting as badly as other media.
Though the third quarter brought negative growth to the nation’s three largest OOH companies - Clear Channel Outdoor,…
The 82nd annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade pulled an average 12.6 rating/26 share on Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 27, according to Nielsen.
That was 8% higher than its telecast last year, Mediaweek writes. NBC estimated that a total 44.7 million viewers…
Time magazine ousted Cosmo as the top magazine for college students in this year’s Anderson Analytics fall survey.
Time also jumped past People, which was last year’s No. 2, writes Ad Age. A Time spokesperson said the magazine did not run…
Email, news gathering and paying bills continue to be the most widely used online activities among U.S. adults, but downloading TV programs, watching videos and making web phone calls posted the biggest overall growth, according to data from Mediamark Research…
