Time Inc, Conde Fashion Mags in Newsstand Bloodbath

WWD: There’s a clear answer for magazine editors desperate to grow their newsstand sales: call Rihanna. The singer was the winner in the cover star stakes in the all-important month of March, helping Harper’s Bazaar register a 0.8 percent increase in newsstand sales to 120,000 copies.  For many others, however, the March newsstand was pretty much a bloodbath. People StyleWatch logged a 6.3 percent decline in March newsstand sales to 254,000 with its Kate Hudson cover. From there on, things got even uglier, with magazines recording double-digit falls.