• Adweek, Wednesday, August 7, 2013 4:03 PM

Gun publications seemed the one bright spot in otherwise disappointing circulation numbers for the magazine industry as reported by the Alliance for Audited Media. "American Rifleman and America’s 1st Freedom, both of which are benefits of NRA membership, saw their circulations increase 14 percent to 1.9 million and 8 percent to 545,019, respectively, in the first half of the year versus the year-ago period," writes Emma Bazilian. And "Handguns and Guns & Ammo, published by InterMedia Outdoors, saw their circ jump 16 percent to 137,648 and 7 percent to 416,224, respectively. "

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