ABC Consumer Jan-Jun 2012: By Publisher
An overview of performances by publisher, focusing on some of the triumphs and disappointments of the leading consumer magazine publishers over the January to June 2012 ABC period.
Please note: figures are based on total average circulation per publisher, and year on year percentage increases and decreases.
Read on for a selection of the winners and losers…
Bauer Consumer Media
Total Average Circulation per issue (June End 2012): 2,224,647
Year on Year % change: -10.7%
Winner: Car (up 0.3%)
Losers: Pregnancy & Birth and More! (down -38.6% and -37.6% YoY respectively)
Conde Nast Publications Ltd
Total Average Circulation per issue (June End 2012): 1,467,956
Year on Year % change: -3.7%
Winners: Wired and Easy Living (up 4% and 3.8% YoY respectively)
Losers: Glamour and Vogue (down -11.3% and -2.7% YoY respectively)
D C Thomson & Co
Total Average Circulation per issue (June End 2012): 475,796
Year on Year % change: 9.1%
Losers: Weekly News and Peoples Friend (down -17.9% and -6.8% YoY respectively)
Dennis Publishing
Total Average Circulation per issue (June End 2012): 470,610
Year on Year % change: -3.8%
Winners: The Week and Octane (up 4.2% and 1.1% YoY respectively)
Losers: Women’s Fitness and Health & Fitness (down -25% and -21.7% YoY respectively)
Egmont Magazines
Total Average Circulation per issue (June End 2012): 624,292
Year on Year % change: 20.8%
Winners: World of Cars and Thomas Express (up 28.5% and 27.5% YoY respectively)
Losers: Toy Story and Ben 10 (down -20.8% and -17.8% YoY respectively)
Haymarket Consumer Media
Total Average Circulation per issue (June End 2012): 357,544
Year on Year % change: -0.5%
Winner: Four Four Two (up 19.9%)
Losers: What Car? and Autocar (down -11.8% and -9.2% YoY respectively)
H Bauer Publishing
Total Average Circulation per issue (June End 2012): 2,788,676
Year on Year % change: -4.0%
Winner: Eat In (up 52.7%)
Losers: Spirit & Destiny and TV Choice (down -11.1% and -5.7% YoY respectively)
Hearst Magazines UK
Total Average Circulation per issue (June End 2012): 3,274,340
Year on Year % change: -9.0%
Winners: Elle Decoration and Harpers Bazaar (up 0.5% and 0.4% YoY respectively)
Losers: Reveal and Company (down -25.1% and -20.5% YoY respectively)
Immediate Media (formerly BBC Worldwide)
Total Average Circulation per issue (June End 2012): 2,961,308
Year on Year % change: -2.4%
Winners: Cbeebies Art and BBC Sky at Night (up 8.8% and 8.5% YoY respectively)
Losers: Doctor Who Adventures Magazine and BBC Home Cooking Series (down -36.2% and -30.7% YoY respectively)
IPC Media Ltd
Total Average Circulation per issue (June End 2012): 5,210,962
Year on Year % change: -6.1%
Winners: Style at Home and Country Homes and Interiors (up 52.2% and 7.7% YoY respectively)
Losers: Nuts and New Musical Express (down -20.9% and -17.6% YoY respectively)