Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Hispanic Magazine Growth Remains Slow

An article in Mediaweek states Hispanic magazine sales are not growing, despite the cultural boom in the Hispanic media market.
According to the Hispanic Magazine Monitor, a service of the Florida-based Media Economics Group, a multicultural market-research firm, ad pages for the entire category in 2006 are flat.
Even with Shakira and America Ferrera ( Ugly Betty star) popularity, bilingual women seem to prefer the Internet over magazine subscriptions:
"In fact, Hispanic magazines received a paltry 2 percent of total Hispanic media spending in 2006, according to a study by TNS Media Intelligence. Hispanic magazine spending in 2006 actually fell 4.4 percent to $96.8 million. On the flip side, Hispanic network TV revenue took 64 percent of that pie, rising 11.4 percent to $3.1 billion". (source: Marketing y Medios)
Magazines targeting Hispanic bilingual women:
  • LATINA - fashion, recipes,celebrities. More for 18-28 demographic.


  • Latina Style- Career advice, working young-adult. More for the late-twenties to thirties demographic.


  • Siempre Mujer- For older women with children




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