Daily Newspaper Market Overall, the daily newspaper market was down by almost 5% year on year in April, although the Daily Star bucked the general downward trend and reported impressive year on year growth.The Independent suffered the largest circulation decline, although other daily titles also recorded significant falls. National Newspaper ABC Figures – April 2009… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: April 2009

The latest ABC figures, for April 2009, show that the Evening Standard‘s circulation was down 6.4% year on year, leaving its total at 263,312 copies.Elsewhere, afternoon freesheets thelondonpaper and the London Lite remained relatively static, with distribution figures of around 500,800 and 400,100 respectively.NewsLine reported earlier today that thelondonpaper racked up losses of almost £13… Continue reading ABC London Newspaper Focus: Apr 2009

Telegraph.co.uk has become the most popular national newspaper site, according to new data released by ABCe.March saw the website’s total increase by 1.5 million unique user browsers, sending it ahead of its closest competitor. This is only the second time that The Telegraph’s online presence has come out on top. In April of last year… Continue reading ABCe March 2009: Sun Online’s dominance is short-lived

Daily Newspaper MarketOverall, the daily newspaper market was down 3.6% year on year in March, although the Daily Star‘s circulation was up a very impressive 13.5%.There was a big year on year drop for the Independent, down by around 16.5%, with other daily titles also recording falls. National Newspaper ABC Figures – March 2009 Daily… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: March 2009

Sun Online has taken over from Guardian.co.uk as the most popular online destination for national news. Out of the national newspaper websites audited by ABCe, February saw The Guardian’s online offering dropping to third place.After a fantastic start to the year, which saw a huge increase in traffic, February shows mixed results. In just one… Continue reading ABCe February 2009: Sun Online takes the top spot

Internet users have grown by over two and a half million people in the past year, according to data released by research company BMRB. According to figures for the fourth quarter of 2008, YOY usage has grown by 8.5%. Internet penetration is extremely high, however, there still seems to be room for growth. Q3 YOY… Continue reading Online Usage Round-Up Q4 2008

Daily Newspaper MarketThe latest ABC figures show that the national daily newspaper market fell 4.6% year on year in February.There was a large year on year drop in circulation for the Independent, while the Daily Mirror and Daily Record also suffered.There was good news for the Daily Star, however, which bucked the trend and saw… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: February 2009

ABC figures for February reveal that the London Evening Standard‘s circulation was down 5.3% period on period and 3.7% year on year, to around 277,500 copies.Afternoon freesheets the London Lite and thelondonpaper remained static period on period, with distribution figures of around 401,000 and just under 501,000 respectively.Morning business freesheet City AM once again saw… Continue reading Evening Standard sees circulation dip

After a slow end to the year which saw all National Newspaper websites bar the Sun Online lose users, there has been a huge increase in users over the month of January. According to data released by ABCe, 2009 brought record numbers to the seven national newspaper websites it audits.Guardian.co.uk saw yet another record month… Continue reading ABCe: January sees more record traffic

The latest regional ABC figures, for July to December 2008, show that the Nottingham & Long Eaton Topper is Britain’s top regional title.In the top ten regional newspaper groups, Northcliffe Media Group – Free titles remains well ahead of other regional publishers, with more than 2.6 million copies.Regional Newspaper GroupsJust two of the top ten… Continue reading ABC Regional Newspapers: July-December 2008