Magazine Readership Rises

Despite a small decline in  magazinecirculation in the first half of 2013, the number of magazine readers in theU.S. is actually up slightly, according to the latest Survey of the AmericanConsumer, which tracks print and digital magazine readership.

Total magazine readership across print and digital editions increasedabout 1.6 percent from fall 2012 to fall 2013, while that of print aloneincreased 1.1 percent. Digital readership grew a healthy 49 percent.