The TV Listings sector had a fairly poor period once again, down -3.4% YoY and -1.3% PoP.
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).
An overview of performances by publisher, focusing on some of the triumphs and disappointments of the leading consumer magazine publishers over the July to December 2011 ABC period.
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.
The daily newspaper market is down -8.1% on January 2011, with just one title seeing a year on year increase.
The UK’s national newspaper websites saw usage figures fall in December, with almost all audited sites recording a drop, with the exception of The Independent.The Independent was the only site to record an increase during the Christmas month, up 11.0% on November.However, all the other websites in our analysis posted percentage declines. guardian.co.uk suffered the… Continue reading ABC December 2011: Newspaper sites see usage drop in December
December saw the UK’s online population pass the 40 million mark for the first time since May 2011. The last-minute seasonal panic brought UK shoppers online in the search of the perfect present, although many retails sites saw varied results for the month.
The daily newspaper market saw circulation figures fall -1.8% PoP and -4.4% YoY in December.
