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African American news media: Magazine circulation (2016)

Year Ebony Jet Essence Black Enterprise
2006 1,463,604  936,751  1,104,854
2007 1,403,483 909,579 1,088,495
2008 1,451,427 929,599 1,051,130
2009 1,301,760 868,983 1,092,721 527,655
2010 1,114,849 762,250 1,066,482  502,711
2011 1,235,865 820,557 1,050,013 500,107
2012 1,255,542 745,809 1,080,633 518,602
2013 1,293,565 733,961 1,061,103 534,750
2014 1,260,564 1,083,461 524,887
2015 1,180,065 1,059,285  *

* 2015 data was not available for Black Enterprise. Latest available data was December 2014 (502,156). Note: Figures are average circulation for the six-month period ending June 30. Jet ceased publication of its printed edition at the end of June 2014. Source: Alliance for Audited Media. “State of the News Media 2016”

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