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Media Links
Media Electronic
u WFLA-TV newschannel 8 (NBC Affiliate)
WFLA reaches 10 counties, with a viewership of 1.4 million television households and an estimated 3.5 million people watching.  
u WFTS Channel 28 (ABC Affiliate)
u WTSP Channel 10 (CBS Affiliate)
u WTVT FOX 13
u Bay News 9
Read the Tampa Bay Area daily news.
u Tampa Bay Online
Tampa Bay Online offers a full range of World Wide Web marketing services from site design and hosting to banner advertising and beyond. Tampa Bay Online is a service of The Tampa Tribune and WFLA-TV Newschannel 8.
u WWSB Channel 40
Read the news, weather and sports for the Suncoast.
Media Print
u The Bradenton Herald
The Bradenton Herald circulates seven days a week.  Monday-Saturday’s average subscribers are listed at 52,163, and Sunday is 58,836.  Daily readership (Monday- Saturday) is 96,000, and 126,000 on Sunday.  Classified advertisements are included in each print.
u Florida Trend Online
Florida Trend is a high-caliber business magazine covering topics of interest to business people and professionals across the state. Printed monthly, it offers a business scope similar to national business monthly magazines, but focuses particularly on the business and economic goings-on within the state of Florida. It is Florida’s only statewide business magazine. There are 51,174 subscribers, and the readership per issue is 200,000.
u The Lakeland Ledger
Daily circulation of The Ledger is 75,539 and Sunday circulation is 93,799.  Included in each daily print is a list of classified advertisements.  
u The Maddux Report
Tampa Bay's Maddux Report is a monthly magazine covering the business community and economy of the west coast of Florida. A special feature of the Maddux Report is its monthly reports on commercial real estate categories and markets. The publication is read each month by more than 60,000 business executives and professionals in the Tampa Bay region.
u Herald-Tribune
Daily circulation for the Herald-Tribune is 121,272 (19,809 in Manatee County) and 146 652(22,704 in Manatee County) on Sunday. Daily readership is 269,300 and Sunday readership is 287,600. Classified advertisements are included with each print.
u St. Petersburg Times Online
Average paid daily circulation is 348,502 (2,424 in Manatee County) and Sunday circulation is 442,605 (2,522 in Manatee County). Daily readership is 666,200 and Sunday readership is 863,300.  In addition to home delivery, the St. Petersburg Times is available in convenient locations throughout the Tampa/St. Petersburg/ Clearwater MSA. Classified advertisements are included in this newspaper.
u Tampa Bay Business Journal
The Tampa Bay Business Journal is published once a week, on Friday.  The readership number is 14,000.  Classified advertisements are available.  
u The Tampa Tribune
The Tribune's Market Development Department supplies businesses with information about demographics, population, households, economics and shopping habits of adults in the Tampa Bay area.  Average paid daily circulation is 211,725 (1,121 in Manatee County) and Sunday circulation is 302,417 (1,491 in Manatee County).  
Source:  Audit Bureau of Circulations, Audit Reports, for 53 Weeks Ended Dec. 31,2000 and Florida Trend December 2004.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL * MANATEE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
P.O. BOX 321 * 222 10th Street West * Bradenton, FL 34206-0321 * Phone: +1 (1-941) 748-3411 * E-mail: Info@manateeEDC.com