CATALOG & MAGAZINE PRINTING OUTLOOK — TURNING THE PAGE

On the publications side, total magazine rate-card-reported advertising revenues for September 2006 increased 6.6 percent compared to the same month last year, according to Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). Ad pages totaled 26,541.99, up 2.4 percent against September 2005. From January through September, PIB revenue closed at $16,933,933,955, an increase of 4.3 percent over the same period in 2005, with ad pages totaling 173,501.11, a 0.7 percent increase over the previous year.