Catalog and Publication Outlook: A Cautious New Year

Marcoux asserts that RR Donnelley's magazine customers felt the full breadth of this as newsstand sales continued to decline.

In looking back on 2009 and ahead to 2010, there is little optimism because many of these same issues will plague the magazine sector in the new year. At the top of the list will still be cost pressures, as publishers continue to struggle with the decline of advertising and subscription revenues.