More mags, fewer profits, more part-timers

Here are some early highlights from an analysis of the just-published 2003-2004 data from Statistics Canada about the Canadian Periodical industry. (Comparisons are with the 1998-99 data and are for consumer magazines only.) The total number of reporting magazines went up from 860 to 1,085 (+26%) Advertising sales went up 30% Single copy sales went up 32% Subscription sales declined by