AUDIENCE, DEMOGRAPHICS & CIRCULATION

Audience & Demographics Circulation
 

Sports Collecting Habits
%/$
 
Top collectibles other than cards:
   Collect Autographs 78%
   Collect Memorabilia 61%
   Additional Data - Top Collectibles
 
Spend more than $100/month on sports collectibles 50.0%
   Web site visitors - Monthly Sports Collectible Expenditures (mean) $149
   Magazine readers - Monthly Sports Collectible Expenditures (mean) $124
   Additional Data - Sports Collectibles Expenditures
 
Years involved in collecting sports collectibles (mean) 13.1
 
Top product motivators for sports card purchases:
   Potential autographs 30.7%
   Potential jersey cards 22.4%
   Short print rookie cards 18.4%
 
Preferred destination for sports cards and collectible purchases:
   Hobby shops 34.3%
   Online Auctions 33.1%
   Online fixed price dealers 24.5%
 
Sports card and collectibles related trade shows attendance per year (mean) 3.2
 
Other Spending Habits
%/$
 
 Purchased more than $100 in sporting goods in last 12 months 71%
   Last 12 Months Sporting Goods Expenditures (mean) $349
   Additional Data - Sporting Goods Expenditures
 
 Purchase Officially Licenced Team Apparel (e.g. team jersey) 55%
 
 Average 12 month expenditure on products purchased through mail order/web $458
   Additional Data - Mail order/web Expenditures
 
 Average frequency of household fast food purchases per week 3
   Households purchasing fast food at least once per week 86%
   Additional Data - Fast Food Expenditures
 
Magazine/Website Attitudes and Usage
%/$
 
 Average number of times Beckett readers refer back to last issue 30
 
 Readers that share publication with others in their household 32.8%
   Pass-along readership - Male 74.1%
   Pass-along readership - Under 25 years 55.4%
   Additional Pass-along Readership Data
 
 Magazine readers - Average time per week on Beckett.com (hours) 2
 Web site visitors - Average time per week on Beckett.com (hours) 4
 
 Loyalty and reliance on Beckett publications:
   Percentage of Beckett audience that do not subscribe to any other sports or collectibles related magazines 62.2%
   Additional Readership Subscription Data
 
Card Grading
%/$
 
 Average number of cards graded in the past 12 months 9
 
Sports Participation and Sports Related Activities/Interests
%
 
 Actively participated in sports in the last 12 months 78.5%
   Sports participation by activity
 
 Participation in fantasy sports leagues in the last 12 months 63.3%
   Fantasy sports participation by sport
 
 Average number of hours watching sports on television per week 8.4
 
Video Gaming
%
 
 Percentage of households that own one or more popular video game platforms 73.7%
   Top owned video game consoles
 
 Percentage of Beckett audience that plays sports related video games 78.5%
   Top video game statistics by sport


Source: Beckett Readership Survey - July 2002
Survey conducted in Beckett magazines and online at Beckett.com


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