Best And Worst Selling Magazine Covers

The Media Industry Newsletter just put out their compilation of the best and worst selling magazines -- and, most importantly,their covers, which contributed mightily to newsstand sales, for 2003. There are some shockers, the Economist, for example, that Bible for Machiavellian types, had as it's best selling issue for 2003, with a cover of Virgin Mary ("Bible and Koran"). Who knew?!

And Jon Stewart -- poor guy -- was the single worst selling cover for Entertainment Weekly on October 31. But EW's Best seller is an odd surprise -- Sarah Michelle Gellar, giving her exit interview for Buffy, no doubt. Oh, the teenage girls still have that cover on their walls. We bloggers -- we proud few who heartily blog -- still worship you, in a Buffy-like devotion.

For Forbes, another shocker, as the Best selling issue was a story called "Inside Dope (marijuana leaf on cover)." I guess the "Capitalist Tools" are purchased from the glass counter at the local head shop, no?

And, finally, the Pauley Walnuts cover for TV Guide was their worst seller for 2003. Fuggedaboudit!

(ed note: due to work constraints, no blog posts tommorrow. Sorry.)