U.S. single copy sales down 4%

"In a country where you have 22 magazines telling you about shoes, you know that all 22 magazines can't have a circulation of a million." -- Samir Husni (Mr. Magazine) commenting on the slump revealed by preliminary ABC results on U.S. magazine single copy sales.According to Reuters: "Newsstands sold fewer magazines in the first half of 2006 compared with a year ago, as some markets were