Welcome to Teen Trend The Magazine for Teens ... real teens ... just teens! That’s what Teen Trend is all about. Teen Trend captures the down-to-earth, real world of age 12 to18-year-olds. Its fresh editorial content empowers teenagers by presenting positive messages with an uncompromising voice.
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Teenagers don’t live in a fantasy world with their lives patterned after celebrities, and they need information they can depend on. TODAY’S TEENAGERS: • Are the most educated in their generation. • Will attend college in record numbers.
Most importantly, it provides a trustworthy medium for you and other advertisers who need an editorial environment that’s consistent with their brand image. An environment rarely available today AND it delivers a valuable segment of the teenager market that has been undeserved.
• Have more buying power than ever. • Increase spending by 3.5% annually. • Make informed purchases.
Since 2005, Teen Trend has served a special niche defined by its positive and uncompromising voice to and for teenagers. Presenting today’s lifestyle trends in a fun yet realistic and useful way, it is editorially responsible and devoid of mixed messages and contradictory advice.
• Trust magazines the most of all media. • Teens will also spend an estimated $238.7 billion in 2009, up from $199.7 billion in 2007.
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Editorial Calendar INSIDE EVERY ISSUE Flavor of the Month Tech/Music Review College 101 Pop Quiz College Profile My Experience Best of the Best Get involved Off the Beaten Path Listen Up Horoscope WebCrawler Vidiot - Game Review Poster ISSUE FOCUS Spring: PROM SPECTACULAR (COLLEGE DIRECTORY) Summer: SCHOOL’S OUT/ SUMMER CAMP GUIDE Fall: HARVEST FESTIVAL (COLLEGE DIRECTORY) Winter: WINTER WONDERLAND Issue features subject to change
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PUBLICATION SPECIFICATIONS Trim Size: 8.15” x 10.75” Printing: Sheet Fed Offset Column width: 2.281” Binding: Saddle Wire DIGITAL AD REQUIREMENTS Ads submitted must meet the publisher’s production guidelines PREFERRED AD SUBMISSION METHOD We accept PDF files with fonts embedded (preferred), Composite JPG, or TIF files with the color mode CMYK at 300-600 dpi.
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Director of Marketing and Advertising Donald Wolak
Phone 1-800-932-4557 x12
Email DonWolak@TeenTrendMagazine.com
Production Contact Circulation Subscriptions (Individual) Print
Art Director Melissa Witchey
38,080
Single Copy Sales (Newsstand Sales) Print-Newsstand Circulation 15,000 Print-Newsstand Sold 9,500 Total Paid Readers per copy Total readership
47,580 4.8 228,384
Phone 1-800-932-4557 x18
Email missywitchey@TeenTrendMagazine.com
General Information Address ASM Publishing 3495 Winton Place Building E, Suite 2 Rochester, NY 14623
Phone 1-800-932-4557
Frequency (year)
4 total
Fax (585) 292-0035
Demographic & Publication data
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Total paid individual: 47,580 Readers per copy:
4.8
Audience:
228,384
Schools/Libraries:
2,447*
Gender:
Female, 56% Male, 44%
Median age:
16.5 12-14: 35% 12-18: 98% 12-17: 83%
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14-16: 35% 13-17: 80%
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Cover price:
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Frequency:
Quarterly Jan/Feb April/May July/August October/November
Launched:
2005
URL:
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Nationw ide Distribution The following maps indicate Teen Trend’s presence in schools and libraries for eight regions across the United States. Each state is listed by its percentage of Teen Trend’s nationwide total.
England – 10.3 2.0 MA – 2.7 0.9 RI – 1.1 1.2 CT – 2.4
South East – 11.8 KY – 3.8 AL – 5.3
Mid-Atlantic – 21.3 NY – 12.4 NJ – 4.2 PA – 4.7
South Central – 10.1 AR – 0.6 OK – 2.7 LA – 0.9 TX – 5.9
East Central – 5.1 OH – 1.4 MI – 0.7 IN – 1.7 WI – 0.3 IL – 1.0
North Central – 12.8 MN – 1.1 SD – 0.6 NE – 1.8 IA – 2.0
South Atlantic – 15.6 VA – 2.0 SC – 0.9 WV – 0.7 GA – 2.1
Pacific CO – 2.8 AZ – 1.4 UT – 1.3
New ME – NH – VT –
NC – 2.2
FL – 4.7
TN – 2.3
MO – 3.4 ND – 1.6
KS – 2.0
– 13.0 WA – 2.4 OR – 1.5 CA – 3.6
TOTAL: 2,447 – 100.0
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I can always count on Teen Trend to be real, not just fluff and gossip. I feel good about myself after reading it. Julie, 16, Albany, N.Y.
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