FAIRING WELL: Suri Cruise proved to be a bankable cover subject for Vanity Fair. The October issue featuring the first published photos of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes’ dark-haired offspring sold 713,776 newsstand copies, according to figures reported to the Audit Bureau of Circulations. The issue was the bestseller of 2006, and came in just behind Vanity Fair’s best-selling issue in the second half of last year — the September 2005 issue featuring Jennifer Aniston sold 738,929 single copies. Suri’s appeal also crossed over to the Internet: Vanityfair.com drew 4.3 million page views and 1.9 million unique visitors to its Web site the day after the photos were posted. The site usually draws about 60,000 page views and 20,000 uniques on an average day. The October issue also helped Vanity Fair post its third consecutive record-breaking half in terms of total circulation. For the second half of last year, total paid and verified circulation grew 2.6 percent, to 1,239,850, the highest ever, and its average single-copy sales remained flat at 445,635. —
by Stephanie D. Smith

Thanks Frazier for the news!

We all know that Tom rocks, now we have the numbers to proove that! 😀