I am trying to find the 300 largest trade (not consumer) magazines 
based on average circulation numbers.  It does not matter what
industry they are serving as long as the magazine is focused on a
vertical market or specific trade.  

Examples would be Golf Inc., Contractor, Mass Market Retailers, etc. 
Ultimately, I am trying to reach the executives in these vertical
markets.  I am aware of publications like the National Directory of
Magazines and other market research firms, but I cannot justify the
thousands of dollars for subscriptions just to get a list of 300
magazines.

If possible I would like you to include the circulations count, market
served and a link to their site.  Thanks in advance!

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 25 Jul 2006 11:45 PDT

arndawg42-ga,

I have access to a list of about 240 trade magazines -- about 200 of
them have circulation data.

I don't think this is complete list of all trade magazines, but it
certainly includes a lot of familiar names.  Here's what the Top 15 on
the list look like:


PROGRESSIVE FARMER	                      602,528
FFA NEW HORIZONS	                      502,981
FARM PROGRESS GROUP	                      500,509
SUCCESSFUL FARMING	                      440,277
FARM JOURNAL	                              434,969
MIDWEST GROUP	                              303,467
MODERN SALON	                              120,116
DIABETES VITAL	                              104,135
AVIATION WEEK & SPACE TECHNOLOGY	       95,672
ARMY	                                       83,756
OIL & GAS JOURNAL	                       81,956
TECHNOLOGY & LEARNING	                       81,163
HOARD'S DAIRYMAN	                       80,465
AUTOMOTIVE NEWS	                               77,758
ENR ENGINEERING NEWS-RECORD	               72,303


However, there's no link or market descriptions with the list.

In addition, I don't recognize all the listings.  For instance, I'm
not sure what "MIDWEST GROUP" is in the above list.


With those caveats, are you interested in the full list as an answer
to your question?


pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by arndawg42-ga on 25 Jul 2006 20:56 PDT

Thanks for posting your request.  At this point I believe I will wait
to see if someone else can provide me with all the information I am
looking for.  However, I might be interested in your list if you know
for sure that these were the top 240 of all trade magazines rather
than just a random selection.