Consumer magazine ad spending in U.S. up 6.9%

Consumer magazines ad sales in the U.S. are up 6.9% for the first 6 months of 2007, compared with the same 6 months a year earlier. B-to-B magazines are down 7.20%. All magazine media are up 4.60%. These figures from TNS Media Intelligence. Share by medium National TV 32.8% Magazines 20.0%Newspapers 17.8%Local TV 10.8%Internet 7.6%