Advertisers who buy at least three pages of The Week will receive a comparison of their ad’s performance in The Week versus in other publications like Forbes, Fortune and The Economist
While other magazines are making comparisons in the effectiveness of their own ads over those of another publication’s, The Week is going further, due to its emphasis on providing a deep data dive, says Brenda White, vp/director, print investment, Starcom USA (via Mediaweek).
Since its launch in 2001, The Week has offered advertisers less clutter than other news titles because it limits its number of ads. The title has shown solid growth since its launch, but this year, growth has slipped 4.1 percent through May 30, according to the Mediaweek Monitor.
The comparisons will be made using data from Affinity Research’s Vista Print Effectiveness Service, which is limited by the fact that, because it doesn’t measure all issues of all magazines, it can’t guarantee that all ads in a given campaign will be measured.
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