Here are a few links to top 2006 (& December 2005) Religious Market articles, stories, & reports:
USA TODAY
Article Title: Faith's purchasing power
Dec 13, 2006
Website link:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2006-12-12-faiths-purchasing-power_x.htm
MSNBC
Article Title: Holy Hollywood
Nov 10, 2006
Website link:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15657823/site/newsweek/
CNN Money
Article Title: Investors bet on their faith
Nov 10, 2006
Website link:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15657823/site/newsweek/
Los Angeles Times
Article Title: New Line a believer in faith market
Nov 20, 2006
Website link:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-nativity20nov20,0,7008941.story?coll=la-home-business
Seattle Times
Article title: Christian entertainment enters the mainstream
Nov 12, 2006
Website link: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003405749_jesusland12.html
Associated Press
Article title: Fox to offer as many as 12 family friendly films a year for Christian audiences
Sep. 19, 2006
Website link: http://bsimmons.wordpress.com/2006/09/19/twentieth-century-fox-to-offer-as-many-as-12-films-a-year-for-christian-audiences/
Scripps Howard Service
Article title: Christian market draws attention
Oct 08, 20/06
http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/business/article/0,1426,MCA_440_5050843,00.html
CBS News
Article Title: 'Faith Day' Hits The Big Leagues
July 27, 2006
Website link: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/27/sportsline/main1841260.shtml
Other similar articles to the previous CBS News story on Major League Baseball and sports teams promoting “Faith Nights” include….
NPR (National Public Radio) - May 26, 2006: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5434639
San Francisco Chronicle - Aug 23, 2006:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/08/23/MNGJCKNHU91.DTL
Business Week
Article Title: The Fashion of the Christ
May 23, 2006
Website link:
http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=5259490
PBS (Religion & Ethics)
Article Title: What would Jesus Direct?
May 12, 2006
Website link:
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/week937/exclusive.html
New York Times
Article Title: Christian Message, Secular Messengers
April 26, 2006
Website link:
http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F20A16F6395B0C758EDDAD0894DE404482
Chicago Tribune
Article Title: Some take a faith-based view of finances
April 23, 2006
Website link:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/yourmoney/sns-yourmoney-0423spending,1,4676512.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
USA TODAY
Article Title: Hollywood turns to divine inspiration
April 13, 2003
Website link:
http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2006-04-13-religion-based- movies_x.htm
New York Times
Article Title: Christianity, the brand
April 16, 2006
Website link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/16/magazine/16christian.html?pagewanted=7&ei=5070&en=77e155e35d5cde71&ex=1149048000
CBS Early News
Article Title: Rest, Relaxation, & Religion
Feb 10, 2006
Website link:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/10/earlyshow/contributors/debbyeturner/main1303854.shtml
Fortune
Article Title: Jesus Inc.
Feb 3, 2006
Website link:
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/02/01/8368185/index.htm
Fortune
Article Title: God’s Network
Feb 1, 2006
Website link:
http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/26/magazines/fsb/godsnetwork/index.htm
USA TODAY
Article Title: On a Wing & a Prayer
Jan 26, 2006
Website link:
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2006-01-26-faith-based-travel_x.htm
USA TODAY
Article Title: Hollywood promotes movie to Christians
Dec 8, 2005
Website link:
http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/living/religion/13356898.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp
The Economist
Article Title: Onward, Christian Shoppers
Dec 1, 2005
Website link:
http://www.economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=5259490
2007 should be another banner year for the Religious Market. Happy New Year!