Chapter 10 – Media Planning and Strategy
92. (p. 355) Magazine A has a cost for a full-page ad of $10,000 and a circulation figure of
5,000,000. Of these 5,000,000 subscribers, 40 percent are tennis buffs. Magazine B has a cost
for a full page of $10,000 and a circulation of 3,000,000. Of the 3,000,000 subscribers 75
percent are tennis buffs. If you sold tennis racquets and wanted to compare the cost per
thousand (CPM) of these magazines, which would you choose?
93. (p. 355) A retailer wants to advertise its “Back-to-School” sale in a city that has two daily
newspapers. There are 450,000 subscribers to Newspaper A and 520,000 subscribers to
Newspaper B. The two-page ad in Newspaper A costs $20,000, and the same ad will cost
$22,000 in Newspaper B. What else would the retailer need to know to compare the CPM
effectiveness of these two newspapers?