Get Distributed to Waiting Rooms Nationwide
Your Magazine, In the Waiting Rooms Your Readers Already Sit In.
WRSS places your publication into medical offices and salons nationwide, matched to the audience already reading in that room. No newsstand rack to compete on, no readers to go find, they're already sitting there.
The Problem With Traditional Magazine Distribution
Newsstands Are Shrinking. Your Readers Are Still Out There.
Traditional print distribution means fighting for shelf space at a shrinking number of newsstands, hoping the right reader picks up the right issue off a crowded rack. WRSS skips the rack entirely. Your publication gets placed directly into the waiting rooms where your actual audience is already sitting, matched by vertical instead of competing for space with everything else on the shelf.
Where Your Content Lands
Matched to the Room, Not Left on a Rack
Medical offices and clinics
Health, wellness, and lifestyle titles placed with a patient audience already thinking about their health.
Salons and spas
Beauty and lifestyle titles placed with a clientele that's there for exactly that.
What WRSS Actually Does
Distribution That Puts You In Front of the Right Reader
Matched placement, not a shared rack
Your publication goes into venues where the audience already fits your content, not wherever there happened to be rack space.
A network built on real relationships
WRSS's proprietary location database has placed publications in medical offices and salons for years. That's placement built on standing relationships, not a cold list.
One point of contact, not a distribution middleman
You work directly with WRSS, not a chain of intermediaries between your masthead and the waiting room.
Add a digital layer through ClicknRead
Pair your print circulation with an interactive, QR-code digital edition through ClicknRead, another 360 Media Direct brand, so readers who'd rather read on their phone still get the issue.
See where your publication could land.
One conversation. No commitment required.
Right Fit
The Right Publisher for WRSS
Health, wellness, and lifestyle titles
The natural fit for medical office placement, where that audience is already thinking about their health.
Beauty and lifestyle titles
The natural fit for salon and spa placement, where that audience is already there for exactly that.
Publishers looking to grow circulation without a newsstand fight
If your growth plan depends on winning more shelf space at a shrinking number of newsstands, WRSS is a different channel entirely: placement, not competition for space.
How It Works
From Submission to Placement in Three Steps
Tell us about your publication
Your title, category, and circulation goals.
We match you to the right venues
Placed into the medical offices and salons where your category already fits, from our proprietary location network.
You get placement confirmation
Confirmation of where your publication landed, not a guess.
“360 Media Direct has been such a great partner to work with. The team is collaborative, organized, and always proactive in finding new ways to enhance the customer experience and drive traction to site. Everything is handled seamlessly from start to finish, and they truly make the process easy and enjoyable. We really value our partnership with them.”
Lisa Parra
TechStyle
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The Full Circle
WRSS Is the Distribute Stage. Add ClicknRead's Engage Stage for a Digital Layer.
WRSS puts your publication into the medical offices and salons where your audience already sits. ClicknRead, another 360 Media Direct brand, turns that same publication into an interactive digital edition, accessible by QR code, for readers who'd rather read on their phone. Run one or both.
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FAQ
Will this actually grow your circulation?
Our proprietary matching process overlays the traits of your existing subscriber file across our venue pool, building a placement list that resembles your actual subscriber base rather than a generic distribution run.
A newsstand competes for a browsing customer's attention. A waiting room does not - your issue lands in front of readers in moments when they have time to engage, not stacked on a shelf they walk past.
Every run is placed against a database kept above 99% postal compliance and reported back as where copies went and who they were matched to. WRSS is a member of the Alliance for Audited Media and MACMA - bring us the standard your audit is held to and we will tell you exactly what we can evidence against it.
No problem. Our team builds a complimentary recommendation based on your existing readership category and insights pulled from our consumer database.
Very little. You keep publishing on the schedule you already publish on; we handle venue placement, fulfilment and keeping the address file current as venues open, move and close.
Complimentary initial scope for the first distribution run, to help target your exact audience and budget needs.
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- 200M+
- Readers reached annually
- Hundreds of Thousands
- Venues nationwide
See Where Your Publication Could Land.
Tell us about your publication and its category. We'll show you where it fits in the network and what placement could look like.
One conversation. No commitment required.
“Working with the 360Media team has been an excellent experience for Augeo. They have a deep understanding of our needs and consistently find ways to enhance our business relationships while prioritizing our customers' interests. We are excited to continue and expand our strong partnership as Augeo continues to grow.”
— Jannette Bader, Augeo — 360 Media Direct partner since 2021