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Spring 2011
Mercury e-News
Greetings!

With the introduction of digital technologies, smartphones, and eReaders, the prediction was that print would ultimately die. At the same time technology advances were taking hold, our economy slipped into recession. As it turns out, print has not died and the correlation between economic conditions and print was underestimated (or the impact of digital on print was exaggerated).

I am pleased to let you know that magazines are doing very well and remain a valued consumer and member product. Magazines continue to shine - 96% of the people in the U.S. read magazines and adults in the technology savvy 18 to 34 year old demographic read approximately 6 magazines per month.


This edition of Mercury e-News provides information and resources that shed some insight. We hope you enjoy and find the content worthwhile and we thank you for your time. As always, we welcome your comments on any of these topics 


Sincerely,

Richard Lightfoot
Executive Vice President

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IN THIS ISSUE
MAGAZINES PREFERRED
PRINT ADVERTISING MOST LIKED
PRINT ADVERTISING UP

Print Magazines Remain Strong!

In the 5th edition of their State of the Media Democracy Survey, Deloitte Consulting reports that print magazines remain strong and are overwhelmingly preferred over the same information in digital format. 7 out of 10 U.S. consumers prefer and enjoy magazines in print form even though they indicate they could find the identical information online. Even stronger, 8 out of 10 consumers that have recently read their favorite magazine state that the printed form is their top preference


The survey also found that the majority (55%) of the participants continue to subscribe to printed magazines. As well, advertising in print was noted as an important feature and benefit.

 

Finally and maybe the most interesting from a marketing perspective - Enthusiasm remained consistent across all age groups - something unique to magazines.  

 

PRESS RELEASE  

 

Print Advertising Most Liked

AdAge MediaWorks conducted an online survey asking which media would you give up 

(if you had to) - Cable TV, Mobile Phone or the Internet. Most chose Cable (49%) followed by Mobile Phone (37%) and then the Internet (6%). Interesting, 8% of the respondents would rather give up food than any of the three.

Yet, more important, of the media platforms that are experiencing the most expansive adoption (Mobile, Social Networks, and Email), these are the top three where consumers do not want to see advertising the most - 63%, 57%, and 42% dislike or strongly dislike respectively.

Traditional print - Magazines and Newspapers scored well. Ultimately, it makes sense as our "electronic" connections have rapidly become very cluttered. 

 

 

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print in the mix 

 


Print Advertising Revenue Up 

 

Advertising revenue, as an indicator, tells us that magazines continue to perform well and should continue to play an active role in your communication efforts.

 

Key Statistics are as follows:

 

  • 2011 first quarter magazine advertising revenue up 6.1% over Q1 2010  
  • 2011 first quarter magazine advertising pages up 2.5% over Q1 2010
  • Magazine ad revenue and pages have increased for four straight quarters.

 

"Magazines continue to gain momentum into 2011...." - Andrew Jung, Chief Marketing Officer for MPA, The Association of Magazine Media.

 

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