Advertising revenue for business publications in 21 market categories showed a growth of 0.32% for the first three months of 2006 compared to the same period last year, according to figures supplied by American Business Media's (ABM; New York) Business Information Network (BIN).

Advertising revenue for business publications in 21 market categories showed a growth of 0.32% for the first three months of 2006 compared to the same period last year, according to figures supplied by American Business Media's (ABM; New York) Business Information Network (BIN). Category leaders in ad revenue growth for the period include Aviation, Aerospace & Military, up 16.9%, and Environment/ Utilities, up 14.5% for the first three months of this year. Total ad pages in the first three months declined 0.14%, with the Agricultural (+13.6%) and Banking/Financial (+9.8%) categories showing the largest ad page increases. Monthly ad page totals increased 0.71% over March of last year. Always optimistic, ABM said that 2006 ad growth "is expected to continue to develop in a pattern similar to 2005, which also opened slowly but closed strongly with combined ad revenue for the year up approximately 5%."