Top Magazine Companies

Compare the top companies that publish magazines in the U.S. You can also read about key ownership events of the year.

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Company Number of Magazines Combined Circulation For All Magazines Top Magazine Top Magazine's Circulation Magazine Revenue 2009 Magazine Revenue 2008 Percentage of Revenue From Magazines Compare
Advance PublicationsStaten Island, NYS.I. Newhouse, Jr., ChairmanWebsite 29 18,053,200 Vogue 1,298,480 unav. unav. unav.
Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S.New York, NYAlain Lemarchand, CEOWebsite 7 8,455,340 Woman’s Day 3,933,990 unav. unav. unav.
Hearst CorporationNew York, NYFrank Bennack, Jr., vice chairmanWebsite 21 21,333,000 Good Housekeeping 4,630,400 unav. unav. unav.
Meredith Corporation*Des Moines, IAStephen M. Lacy, CEOWebsiteTicker: MDP 29 24,505,400 Better Homes and Gardens 7,634,200 $1.10
Billion		 $1.18
Billion		 81%
Reader’s Digest AssociationPleasantville, NYMary G Berner, CEOWebsite 12 14,536,500 Reader’s Digest 8,158,650 unav. unav. unav.
Rodale Emmaus, PAMaria Rodale, CEOWebsite 8 6,913,580 Prevention 3,312,620 unav. unav. unav.
Time WarnerNew York, NYJeff Bewkes, CEOWebsiteTicker: TWX 20 32,596,500 Time 3,372,240 $3.70
Billion		 $4.61
Billion		 14%
U.S. News & World ReportNew York, NYMortimer Zuckerman, CEOWebsite 1 1,365,650 U.S. News & World Report 1,365,650 unav. unav. 100%
Washington Post CompanyWashington, DCDonald E. Graham, ChairmanWebsiteTicker: WPO 3 3,333,930 Newsweek 2,646,610 $184.22
Million		 $250.90
Million		 4%
Wenner MediaNew York, NYJann S.Wenner, CEO 3 3,422,230 US Weekly 1,945,830 unav. unav. 100%

*These companies operate on a fiscal year rather than a calender year. For these companies PEJ took the quarterly reports from the company to compile a calender year so that revenue and profit figures are comparable across all companies.