MPA Proclaims Dismal Newsstand “Solid” (Especially When Celebs Die!)

There is a silver-lining to the ominous deathcloud hanging over the magazine industry — if you look hard enough. The publishing advocacy group Magazine Publishers of America has disseminated a four-page document titled “The Full Story on Magazine Circulation Vitality” aimed at spinning the circ numbers released by the ABC’s at the end of August (single-copy sales are down 12 percent from last year). Don’t worry, everything’s fine!