Dee's search for bromance

[deelaundry]

Guy at Exxon station: We only carry newspapers.

Guy at Borders: No, we don't carry TV Guide. Try the Books-a-Million over in [town approximately ten miles away].

Guy at 7-11 #1: There aren't any over there? *pulls out three-ring binder with delivery lists in it* Oh, I guess we didn't get any this week.

Guy at 7-11 #2: You want three copies of TV Guide? Really?

Husband: Yes, OK, fine, I'll watch the kids so you can go find more copies of the magazine. Why don't you pick up dinner on the way back?

*hugs husband*

ETA
Grocery store: *copies of last week's issue*

Guy at drugstore: TV Guide? I haven't seen that here in a loooong time.

Blockbuster: *carries Vogue, Teen Vogue, Heroes magazine, gaming magazines, Entertainment Weekly, but no TV Guide*

7-11 #3: *Dee walks past cops talking sternly to some drunk-looking dude, to buy all but the last copy of the House-Wilson TV Guide* YAY!

Comments

[poeia.livejournal.com]

If anyone reminds me, I can check in late January/early February. That's when their Audit Bureau of Circulations "Pink Sheet" will be available. But, to be honest, I don't think it will be noticeable. Their rate base (promised sales) is 3.5 million and 95.2% of it was subscriptions and public place (the free subs they send to doctor's offices, beauty parlors, etc.) in the 1st half of 2008.

Single Copy (newsstand) sales averaged 157,531 per issue. While there can be a little fudging (rate base is promised on average sales so, if it looks like one issue won't make rate base, they move a few single copy sales from an issue with high sales for the report), newsstand accounted for 114,624 (June 23rd issue) to 234,708 (March 31st issue) din the first half. That's a tiny range for a magazine this big.

(Isn't it nice that I have my work passwords on my computer at home so I can bore all of you with this info during my vacation?)

By the way, I did check sales for the May/June 2007 Men's Vogue. Nothing interesting. Rate base is 300,000. That issue sold 90,045 on the newsstands (average for the 3 issues in that half was 87,977.)