Thursday, December 17, 2009

2009 
Results in Fewer Magazine Closures

MediaFinder.com reports fewer magazine closures in 2009, 428 vs. 613 in 2008 and 643 in 2007. The number of launches also decreased to 275 in 2009 from 335 in 2008. Regional magazines had both the highest number of start ups, 21, and shutdowns at 34. Business-to-business magazines saw 120 closings in 2009, less than 147 in 2008 and 158 in 2007. There were 85 b-to-b launches in 2009.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good news indeed. With the advent of digital magazines - does anyone care to comment on how they see the magazine and newspaper market in the next 5 - 10 - 20 years?