NEW YORK, Sept. 13, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Wall Street Journal announced today that WSJ. Magazine, the Journal's luxury lifestyle magazine, will increase its frequency for the fourth time since launch and will publish 11 issues in 2013, up from 10 issues in 2012. The frequency will increase again the next year to 12 issues in 2014.
WSJ. Magazine launched as a quarterly publication in September 2008. It currently has a global circulation of more than 1.6 million and is distributed to all subscribers and on newsstands in the U.S. as part of WSJ Weekend, as well as outside the U.S., where it is distributed in copies of The Wall Street Journal Europe and The Wall Street Journal Asia.
"WSJ. Magazine has become the benchmark by which all glossy magazines are judged," said Robert Thomson, editor-in-chief of Dow Jones & Company and managing editor of The Wall Street Journal. "Our team's successful formula of gloss without dross, of style with substance, has recast the character of luxury magazines and broadened the Journal's already growing global audience."
Since launch, WSJ. Magazine has attracted 143 new advertisers to the Journal franchise, across categories including fashion, retail, jewelry, real estate, financial, technology and others. In 2012, the magazine has already seen a 45% year-over-year growth in ad pages, following a 76% (2010 vs. 2011) year-over-year growth the previous year.
"WSJ. Magazine is a magazine that truly speaks to Journal readers – both existing and new," said Anthony Cenname, publisher of WSJ. Magazine. "It's thoughtful and genuine, and it has really resonated with the advertising community, becoming a core outlet for marketers looking to reach the most affluent and influential audience possible."
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The Wall Street Journal is the world's leading business publication with more than two million subscribers and is the largest U.S. newspaper by total paid circulation. The Wall Street Journal franchise comprises The Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal Asia, The Wall Street Journal Europe, and The Wall Street Journal Online at WSJ.com, the leading provider of business and financial news and analysis on the Web with more than one million digital subscribers and 36 million visitors per month worldwide. WSJ.com is the flagship site of The Wall Street Journal Digital Network, which also includes MarketWatch.com, Barrons.com, AllThingsD.com and SmartMoney.com. The Journal holds 34 Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism, and, in 2012, was ranked No. 1 in BtoB's Media Power 50 for the 12th consecutive year.
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