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Published by Dow Jones & Company since 1921, Barron's offers its readers in-depth, sophisticated news reports and analyses on the financial markets in the United States and around the world. Plus, it delivers comprehensive statistics on the preceding week's trading and financial activities that are unmatched by any other publication. As a result, Barron's reaches top executives, financial professionals and powerful institutional and individual investors — people who need this information delivered in a timely, accurate and reliable manner for their professional success and their personal financial well-being. Barron's offers advertisers a flexible, quick-close medium for reaching this elite readership, and does so at a very competitive price. What's more, a 10% discount on Barron's rate is available to advertisers that also appear in The Wall Street Journal, The Asian Wall Street Journal, The Wall Street Journal Europe, the Far Eastern Economic Review or AmericaEconomia. Here are some facts about Barron's that may surprise you...
Primary Reader Job Titles  
   
Top Management Middle 86,324
Management 24,132
Professionals 74,553
   
Primary Business  
   
Agriculture, forestry, fisheries 2,450
Mining, construction 7,145
Manufacturing 21,436
Transportation, communications,and public utilities 16,536
Wholesale, retail trade 14,699
Finance, insurance, real estate 70,637
Services 61,859
Misc. industries 1,429
Total in business or professions 196,192
Government 7,962
   
Company Size  
   
Small: fewer than 100 employees 92,995
Midsize: 100 to 999 employees 30,802
Large: 1,000 or more employees 72,395
   
Advisory Roles  
   
Serve on any board of directors 45,320
CEO/CFO/COO-net 63,370
Chief Executive Officer 46,105
Chief Financial Officer 35,118
Chief Operating Officer 31,391
   
Management of Corporate Funds  
   
Manage/influence flow of funds for own company/other organization 83,578
Average value of funds managed $265,627,000
   
Special Advertising Opportunities  
   
Annual Report Service  
Current Corporate Reports  
Special News Reports  
Classifieds  
Special Advertising  
Sections  
Talking Business  
   
Total Affluent Audience 922,000
   
Circulation  
   
Average paid 306,078
   
Distribution  
   
Subscription 58%
Newsstand 42%
   
Sex  
   
Male 90.8%
Female 9.2%
   
Age  
   
Average age (years) 54
25-54 47.7%
   
Education  
   
College 93.8%
Postgraduate work 51.5%
College graduate 80.6%
Postgraduate degree 37.6%
   
Household Income  
   
Average $203,000
$75,000+ 74.4%
Median $131,000
$100,000+ 58.0%
   
Personal Employment Income  
   
Average $171,000
$50,000+ 78.4%
Median $92,000
$75,000+ 61.0%
   
Household Net Worth  
   
Average $1,228,000
$1,000,000+ 45.7%
Median $908,000
$2,000,000+ 22.4%
   
Value of Investments  
   
Average $1,110,000
$250,000+ 71.2%
Median $610,000
$500,000+ 54.7%
   
Current Ownership of Selected Investments  
   
Stock 91.7%
Bonds-net 45.9%
Mutual funds 77.1%
Foreign Securities/ADRs 17.6%
Retirement Accounts 70.8%
Options/Futures 13.1%
   
Reading Habits  
   
Average reading time 2 hours, 26 minutes
Any actions taken as a result of advertising 79.3%
At-home readership 94.8%
   
Sources: Total affluent audience, 1999 Mendelsohn Survey; circulation and distribution, ABC 6/30/99; Barron's 1999 Primary Reader Survey, RWA Research.
   
Circulation by Region, State & Printing Plant  
   
Midwestern: 55,106

Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New York (Buffalo, Jamestown, Niagara Falls), North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania (Altoona, Bradford, Butler, DuBois, Erie, Greensburg, Johnstown, New Castle, Oil City, Pittsburgh, State College, Uniontown, Washington), South Dakota, West Virginia (Buckhannon, Clarksburg, Gassaway, Parkersburg, Wheeling) and Wisconsin.

Western : 57,788

Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming.

Circulation source: Attained circulation and distribution based on 6/14/99 ABC issue.

   
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