Global Industry Overview: Periodical Publishing
Periodical publishers develop, publish, and market all kinds of magazines and journals, and may or may not perform their own printing. Publishers also may or may not have electronic web versions of the issue currently on the stands. See also Newspaper Publishing and Printing, Commercial.
Industry Snapshot
The international periodicals industry is a major source of information and entertainment and serves as a vital advertising medium for other industries. The world's most popular kinds of periodicals are news, sports, lifestyle, outdoor, and computer magazines. From the late 1990s through the early 2000s,...