Canadian magazine publishers median pay package is $160,000

The media compensation package for a Canadian consumer magazine publisher is almost $160,000 and for a top editor it is $100,000, according to a just-released study.

Magazines Canada and the Cultural Human Resources Council have released a summary of a compensation study carried out by Mercer (Canada) Limited in the fall of 2008. The study was funded by the Government of Canada's Sector Council

Magazine ad share growing in U.S.

Magazines share of advertising in the United States is growing (mostly at the expense of newspapers) and is second only to the internet, according to a story in MediaDaily News. It reports on research released today by Magazine Publishers of America, based on data gathered by TNS Media Intelligence. It shows that consumer magazine adshare was 16.6% during the first quarter of 2007, up 1% since

There are 3.2 million more magazine readers since 1992; that's the good news

A study by the Hill Strategies Group of Hamilton indicates that about 43% of Canadians read a magazine once a week in 2005. Canadian magazine readership -- in fact readership of all kinds -- is going up, apparently because there are more people. An article in the Globe and Mail reported that magazines and newspapers both saw a bump up in total readership over where they were 15 years ago.A

Health and fitness mags not necessarily giving best nutrition information

Some U.S. magazines that you'd expect would be excellent sources of health and nutrition information aren't, according to a story in MediaDaily News. And some unlikely popular lifestyle publications are more reliable on the subject.The American Council on Science and Health produced a ranking of magazines based on the accuracy and relevance of their nutritional information, measured by provision

Free magazines are less valued & lack awareness, says MMR study

Was that a slight shiver that ran down the backs of the necks of controlled magazine publishers everywhere? Could be because they have seen a recent study commissioned by Emmis Communications, one of the largest publishers of city and regional magazines in the U.S. (Texas Monthly, Atlanta Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine, Indianapolis Monthly, Cincinnati Magazine).The results of the admitedly