ABC Results July-Dec 2008: RWD bucks the downward trend in the music market
Only three titles in the music magazine sector reported year on year rises in the latest ABC release, for July to December 2008 – RWD, Metal Hammer and Classic Rock.
RWD has seen phenomenal success this year, up by more than 131% and gaining almost 44,000 copies, taking its total to over 77,000.
Future Publishing’s Metal Hammer and Classic Rock also enjoyed significant increases, up 9.7% and 4.1% year on year respectively.
Metal Hammer‘s circulation now stands more than 50,000, while Classic Rock has reached over 70,000 copies.
However, Bauer Consumer Media’s Q magazine remains market leader with more than 103,000 copies, despite suffering a significant 21.6% year on year decline.
Bauer’s Mojo is the only other title to total more than 100,000 copies – though it also experienced a year on year fall, of around 5.4%.
However, Bauer’s Kerrang! suffered the largest percentage decline in the sector, falling by more than 32% to 52,000 copies.
It was also a bad release for NME, which lost more than 15,500 copies, down by 24.3%, taking its total circulation to around 48,000.
| Music Magazines: Jul-Dec 2008 Year On Year Comparisons | |||||
| Title | Publisher | Jul-Dec 07 | Jul-Dec 08 | Actual Change | % Ch |
| Classic Rock | Future Publishing | 67,399 | 70,188 | 2,789 | 4.1 |
| Kerrang! | Bauer Consumer Media | 76,937 | 52,272 | -24,665 | -32.1 |
| Metal Hammer | Future Publishing | 45,809 | 50,269 | 4,460 | 9.7 |
| Mixmag | Development Hell Ltd | 35,817 | 30,159 | -5,658 | -15.8 |
| Mojo | Bauer Consumer Media | 106,218 | 100,507 | -5,711 | -5.4 |
| NME | IPC Ignite | 64,033 | 48,459 | -15,574 | -24.3 |
| Q | Bauer Consumer Media | 131,330 | 103,017 | -28,313 | -21.6 |
| Rock Sound | Rock Sound Ltd | 23,021 | 20,011 | -3,010 | -13.1 |
| RWD | RWD Media Ltd | 33,266 | 77,050 | 43,784 | 131.6 |
| Uncut | IPC Ignite | 91,028 | 87,069 | -3,959 | -4.3 |
The figures listed in NewsLine’s ABC reports are those reported by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) as at Thursday 12 February 2009. Late submissions and changes may be made after this date, and will thereafter be amended in MediaTel’s Press database.
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