Top 50 Magazine Advertisers, 2000 - Rate Card Reported Spending
| Rank |
Company |
Ad Dollars ('000) |
Rank |
Company |
Ad Dollars ('000) |
| 1 |
Philip Morris Co. |
561,763,968 |
26 |
Microsoft Corp |
98,036,176 |
| 2 |
General Motors Corp |
485,591,072 |
27 |
Clorox Co. |
94,054,256 |
| 3 |
Procter & Gamble Co. |
482,557,952 |
28 |
Nestle SA |
92,133,032 |
| 4 |
DaimlerChrysler AG |
326,658,112 |
29 |
Campbell Soup Co |
88,169,696 |
| 5 |
Time Warner Inc |
323,514,624 |
30 |
American Home PDTS Corp |
86,838,808 |
| 6 |
Ford Motor Co. |
252,573,104 |
31 |
Dell Computer Corp |
81,830,520 |
| 7 |
Toyota Motor Corp. |
197,472,544 |
32 |
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton |
81,727,824 |
| 8 |
L'Oreal SA |
190,865,232 |
33 |
Hewlett Packard Co |
69,058,352 |
| 9 |
Pfizer Inc |
186,911,520 |
34 |
Smithkline Beecham PLC |
69,016,520 |
| 10 |
Johnson & Johnson |
171,269,664 |
35 |
Kimberly-Clark Corp |
67,642,280 |
| 11 |
Unilever |
137,038,496 |
36 |
Nike Inc |
66,425,828 |
| 12 |
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. |
131,213,976 |
37 |
Us Gov't |
65,671,288 |
| 13 |
National Syndications Inc |
124,537,736 |
38 |
Diageo |
62,618,476 |
| 14 |
Merck & Co Inc |
124,382,360 |
39 |
Bose Corp |
60,915,684 |
| 15 |
Walt Disney Co |
122,036,416 |
40 |
Compaq Computer Corp |
60,040,900 |
| 16 |
IBM Corp |
117,037,896 |
41 |
Brown-Forman Corp |
59,180,328 |
| 17 |
Nissan Motor Co. |
115,947,376 |
42 |
Bertelsmann AG |
58,298,828 |
| 18 |
RJ Reynolds |
113,212,392 |
43 |
Polo/Ralph Lauren |
57,869,220 |
| 19 |
Sony Corp |
113,086,456 |
44 |
Nabisco Group Holdings Corp |
57,857,188 |
| 20 |
Honda Motor Corp |
107,102,784 |
45 |
Womens Marketing Inc |
55,492,004 |
| 21 |
Bradford Exchange Ltd |
106,437,928 |
46 |
Schering-Plough Corp |
55,446,504 |
| 22 |
National Amusements Inc. |
104,515,456 |
47 |
Reckitt Benckiser PLC |
55,340,684 |
| 23 |
American Express Co. |
104,216,176 |
48 |
Kellogg Co |
55,092,716 |
| 24 |
Estee Lauder Cos Inc |
102,298,728 |
49 |
Ralston Purina Co |
53,972,492 |
| 25 |
Seagram Co Ltd |
100,124,472 |
50 |
Pharmacia Corp |
52,636,764 |
| Total |
|
|
|
|
$6,607,732,808 |
Source: PIB; Sunday supplements excluded