Successful magazines you never knew existed and more to come… Literacy as a Social Justice Issue More than 30 million adults in the United States cannot read, write, or do basic math above a third-grade level.  10x higher H.S. drop out rate  Only 30% of American Adults have a College degree.  Lower income lifetime  Lower-quality jobs  Unemployment: The unemployment rate is 2–4 times higher for those with low or no literacy  Reduced access to lifelong learning and professional development  Intergenerational transmission of illiteracy Paid Circulation of Daily Newspapers in the United States from 1985 to 2017

Paid circulation of daily newspapers in the U.S. 1985-2017

67,760.2

62,760.2

57,760.2

52,760.2

47,760.2

42,760.2 Circulation in thousandsin Circulation

37,760.2

32,760.2

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Source(s): Pew Research Center; Editor & Publisher; AAM; Daily Time Spent Reading Newspapers per capita in the United States from 2010 to 2018 (in minutes)

U.S. media use: time spent reading newspapers 2010-2018

26.7 25 24.7 23 22.7 21 21 20.7 19 18.7 17

Time inminutes Time 16.7 15 14.7 14

12.7 12

10.7 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016* 2017* 2018*

Source(s): Zenith; Various sources (Media Dynamics); 6 Leading daily newspapers in the United States as of September 2017, by circulation Leading newspapers in the U.S. 2017, by circulation

1400000

1,180,460 1200000

1000000

800000

597,955 600000

438,015 433,114 431,076 Average circulationAverage 400000 313,156 319,802 264,479 240,237 240,216 200000

0 The Wall The New Chicago New York Los Angeles The Newsday Star Tribune New York Tampa Bay Street York Times Tribune Post Times Washington Daily News Times Journal Post

Note: United States; as of September 2017; excluding commuter papers Number of Magazine readers in U.S. 2012 to 2017 (in millions) Number of magazine readers in the U.S. 2012-2017

227.3 225.2 Steady Growth 225.3 Why? Reasons? 223.3 221.9 221.3 • Tactile/Tangible

219.3 • Focused interest

217.3 216.5 • Escape 215.7 • “Quiet” 215.3 214.1

Number of readers in millionsin readersNumberof • Perspective amidst Digital 213.3

210.7 Craziness 211.3

209.3 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Note: United States; 2012 to 2017; 18 years and older; measured magazine titles excluding Sunday magazine and newspapers Further information regarding this statistic can be found on page 8. Source(s): GfK; ID 207850 7 Daily Time Tpent Reading Magazines-U.S. 2010 to 2018 (in minutes)

U.S.30 media use: time spent reading magazines 2010-2018

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• • • • • • • • • • Mobile visitors to websites of select U.S. magazines brands in December 2018 (in millions)

Magazines with largest mobile audience in the U.S. 2018

Number of unique visitors in millions 0 10 20 30 40 50 60

ESPN The Magazine 51.75

Allrecipes 45.87

People 43.34

New York Magazine 26.16

Cosmopolitan 20.48

Taste of Home 18.35

Country Living 16.2

Good Housekeeping 15.62

Us Weekly 14.97

The Atlantic 14.73

Note: United States; December 2018; 18 years and older; iOS and Android Source(s): MPA; comScore; 2 People NatGeo • – • –

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