ABC Consumer July-Dec 2013: News & Current Affairs
Domestic
The latest Consumer ABC results for July-December 2013 reveal little change for the Domestic sector – up 0.9% year on year (YoY).
Private Eye and The Week once again secured the top two spots of the sector, recording marginal period on period (PoP) increases – up 0.6% and 0.5%, respectively – Private Eye both experienced small declines over the year.
BBC History Magazine also performed reasonably well – up 4.1% PoP and 6.3% YoY to increase its circulation by an average of 4,700 each month.
The Spectator Group recorded the largest declines of all the Domestic titles, down 12.8% PoP and -15% YoY to lose over 9,500 copies each edition.
| Title | Publisher | Jul-Dec 12 | Jul-Dec 13 | Actual Change | YoY % Ch | Jan-Jun 13 | PoP % Ch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total: | 750,607 | 757,207 | 6600 | 0.9 | 669,563 | ||
| Private Eye | Pressdram Ltd | 224,796 | 224,162 | -634 | -0.3 | 222,880 | 0.6 |
| The Week | Dennis Publishing Limited | 194,121 | 198,339 | 4,218 | 2.2 | 197,255 | 0.5 |
| BBC History Magazine | Immediate Media Company | 73,578 | 78,239 | 4,661 | 6.3 | 75,193 | 4.1 |
| The Spectator Group | Spectator (1828) Ltd | 63,613 | 54,070 | -9,543 | -15.0 | 62,027 | -12.8 |
| The Oldie | Oldie Publications | 44,026 | 44,555 | 529 | 1.2 | 45,118 | -1.2 |
| Limerick Post | Carnbeg Ltd | 36,084 | 36,180 | 96 | 0.3 | 36,392 | -0.6 |
| Prospect | Prospect Publishing Ltd | 29,209 | 30,665 | 1,456 | 5.0 | 30,698 | -0.1 |
| New Statesman | New Statesman Ltd | 24,910 | 28,495 | 3,585 | 14.4 | n/a | n/a |
| Northside People East | North Dublin Publications Ltd | 17,891 | 21,528 | 3,637 | 20.3 | n/a | n/a |
| History Today | History Today Ltd | 20,490 | 19,551 | -939 | -4.6 | n/a | n/a |
| Southside People | North Dublin Publications Ltd | 13,302 | 13,000 | -302 | -2.3 | n/a | n/a |
| Northside People West | North Dublin Publications Ltd | 8,587 | 8,423 | -164 | -1.9 | n/a | n/a |
Business & Finance
The Business and Finance sector was down -0.3% year on year.
The Economist’s Continental Europe Edition and United Kingdom Edition led the ranks, with both titles securing an average monthly circulation of 229,000 and 208,000, respectively, while the Asia Pacific Edition came in third place with a total average circulation of 136,000 for the period, despite reporting both PoP and YoY declines.
However, the biggest increases belonged to MoneyWeek – up 9.2% PoP and 22.4% YoY to bag the publication an extra 10,400 copies each edition on average.
| Title | Publisher | Jul-Dec 12 | Jul-Dec 13 | Actual Change | YoY % Ch | Jan-Jun 13 | PoP % Ch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 884,425 | 882,015 | -2,410 | -0.3 | 770,413 | ||
| The Economist – Continental Europe Edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 234,827 | 228,726 | -6,101 | -2.6 | 229,841 | -0.5 |
| The Economist – United Kingdom Edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 210,386 | 208,438 | -1,948 | -0.9 | 209,274 | -0.4 |
| The Economist – Asia Pacific Edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 142,143 | 136,206 | -5,937 | -4.2 | 141,661 | -3.9 |
| Fortune Magazine – Europe | Time Warner Publishing Bv | 101,479 | 100,228 | -1,251 | -1.2 | n/a | n/a |
| China Daily European Weekly | China Daily UK Co. Ltd | 88,469 | 90,800 | 2,331 | 2.6 | 87,464 | 3.8 |
| MoneyWeek | MoneyWeek Ltd | 46,399 | 56,790 | 10,391 | 22.4 | 52,027 | 9.2 |
| Investors Chronicle | FT Business | 25,906 | 26,706 | 800 | 3.1 | 26,938 | -0.9 |
| The Economist – Middle East/Africa Edition | The Economist Newspaper Ltd | 23,664 | 23,087 | -577 | -2.4 | 23,208 | -0.5 |
| What Franchise | Partridge Publications (2000) Ltd | 11,152 | 11,034 | -118 | -1.1 | n/a | n/a |