The latest figures from ABC show the nation’s popular newspapers shedding sales across the board in April, with the Daily Star worst hit, losing 9.5% from its circulation year on year and seeing over 80,000 readers desert its pages.News International’s market leading Sun also suffered, with a 3.2% decline translating to over 103,000 readers in… Continue reading Tabloid Sales Down As Mid Market Takes A Tumble

Daily Newspaper MarketBritain’s daily newspaper market continued to see circulation decline in April, suffering a dip of 3.11% year on year overall.Both the mid market and popular sectors saw universal decline, while the quality market saw just two titles increase their sales.The Guardian added 1.9% to its sales year on year, pushing circulation to 374,580,… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: April 2006

The Sportsman, Britain’s new daily sports and betting paper, recorded debut sales of 21,819 in April, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations.In a statement this afternoon, the paper welcomed the figures as a “solid start,” with a breakeven target of 40,000 looking likely by the end of its first year.The figure includes just over… Continue reading The Sportsman Posts ‘Solid’ Sales In Debut ABC

The latest data from radio measurement body RAJAR shows the BBC increasing its lead over commercial radio broadcasters, adding to both its national and local audiences.The BBC’s share of all listening now stands at 55.4%, marking a rise of 1.2% points year on year in the first quarter of 2006, compared with a dip of… Continue reading BBC Widens Gap To Retain Lead Over Commercial Rivals

The latest RAJAR data shows Britain moving steadily towards full digital adoption, with the “Digitally Enabled Universe” covering over half of the UK adult population for the first time in Q1 2006.The growth sees the number of adults equipped to receive digital radio in one form or another rise from 24.6 million last quarter to… Continue reading Digital Radio Reaches New High

Britain’s most popular breakfast show, BBC Radio 2’s Wake Up To Wogan, retains its position at the top of the table according to the latest RAJAR results, despite a slip of 2.58% period on period which cost the presenter 206,000 listeners.Wogan’s national audience now stands at just under 7.8 million, followed by Radio 1’s Chris… Continue reading BBC Keeps Seat At Top Of National Breakfast Table

Emap’s Magic FM has scooped the top spot in London, thanks to massive increases in weekly reach and share of listening, pushing the station above rivals Capital Radio and Heart 106.2 to become Londoners’ favourite station.The latest RAJAR figures show Magic recording its highest ever weekly reach, at just under 1.87 million, thanks to a… Continue reading Magic Steps Up To Take London Top Spot

The nation’s digital radio stations continued to see strong growth according to the latest RAJAR figures, with several digital broadcasters profiting from the increased uptake of digital radio sets in Britain.Planet Rock, owned by GCap Media, saw a healthy increase, adding 61.19% to its total weekly reach year on year to reach 461,000.Capital Disney also… Continue reading Digital Stations Continue Audience Growth

Internet search statistics are now a commonplace currency amongst planners and buyers, with data on page impressions, unique users and even the length of a user’s visit to a website helping to form successful online campaigns. New research from Nielsen//NetRatings goes one step further than traditional insight into search marketing however, revealing where users actually… Continue reading Trinity Announces Revenue Dips Across Board

Newspaper publisher Trinity Mirror has revealed a dip in group advertising revenue for the first four months of 2006, with an overall decline of 11.8% in the period year on year.The downturn represents decreases of 13.9% for January, 13.0% for February and 10.2% for March and April. The company has combined its figures for March… Continue reading Trinity Announces Revenue Dips Across Board