Free magazines John Lewis Edition, ASOS.com and Stylist maintained the top three spots in the Women’s Lifestyle market for the January – June 2014 Consumer ABC results.

The Times records the highest monthly circulation growth whilst the Sun on Sunday maintained its crown as the best selling Sunday paper.

June was a successful month for online newsbrands, with all but one platform reporting either good or strong gains.

The Independent and The Sunday Post record the best monthly performances, whilst the Sun and the Sun on Sunday see circulation declines, according to the latest ABC results.

May 2014 saw a total of 38.8 million users access the internet from the UK, the lowest figure reported yet.

For a second consecutive month, two of the usual top three performing UK news websites recorded declines , with the best-performing website, MailOnline, seeing only a slight increase in average daily browsers.

April brought a further decline to the UK’s online population after a slight rise in activity the previous month.

In what was largely a tough month for the industry, only the ‘i’ recorded any growth in the daily market, as the Sunday Times and Observer show strongest growth amongst the weekend titles.

The National Readership Survey (NRS) has today released its latest figures combining both print and online readership – showing mixed fortunes for UK newsbrands.

The latest NRS national newspaper figures once again chart a steady decline in print, with no titles recording any growth in readership at all for the period April 2013 to March 2014.