Ideal Home has overtaken Country Living to take the lead in the Home Interest sector, though both titles posted YoY and PoP declines.

The Men’s Lifestyle sector is down -2.5% overall on this time last year but is up 4.9% on the first half of 2011.

The post-recession market is still having a huge impact on the Women’s Weekly sector, which is down -9.3% on last year (and -4.2% PoP).

Free title John Lewis Edition has overtaken Condé Nast’s Glamour at the top of the Women’s Lifestyle sector, after the handbag-sized magazine saw sales fall -12.0% PoP and -6.8% YoY.

Egmont Publishing Group has today announced it will expand its magazine portfolio with the launch of Bin Weevils magazine. The magazine will be an extension to the online entertainment platform, which is the second most visited website in the UK for children aged 7 to 13 (with a 91% growth in users over the past 12 months).

Channel 4’s Big Fat Gypsy Wedding won the all-important peak-hour ratings with a high of more than five million viewers last night.

BBC One’s penultimate Diamond Queen banked the top peak-hour ratings last night with a high of almost six million viewers.

Apple’s shares broke above $500 for the first time yesterday, following the company’s positive results announcement on 25 January.

England’s 19-15 win over Italy attracted a peak audience of 6.7 million viewers for BBC One on Saturday afternoon.

The daily newspaper market is down -8.1% on January 2011, with just one title seeing a year on year increase.