Daily Newspaper MarketBritain’s national daily newspapers reported an overall decline in readership of almost 2% year on year for the last six months of 2007.All dailies, with the exception of the Daily Mail and the Sun, saw a fall in readership, according to the latest NRS data, with the Guardian and the Daily Star reporting… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: July – December 2007

The latest ABC figures show that men’s free weekly title Shortlist had the largest circulation figure in the men’s lifestyle sector, although it just missed its target of 500,000 copies.Shortlist, which launched in September last year (see Free Men’s Mag ShortList Grows), had a total circulation of nearly 463,000 copies (as the title only launched… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2007:Shortlist Falls Just Short Of Circulation Target

It was a generally gloomy picture in the women’s weekly market, with sizeable declines for several titles and few exceptions to the trend.Take A Break remained top with a circulation of a little over a million for July to December 2007, despite a decline of over 26,000 copies year on year.Celebrity focused title, Heat, reported… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2007: Women’s Weeklies See Sizeable Declines With Few Bucking The Trend

It was a relatively stable and optimistic outlook for the home interest sector, with many titles recording upturns in circulation for the six months to December 2007, according to the latest ABC data.In-store magazine, Homebase Ideas, is the most widely circulated title in the sector at 423,300, following a lift of 1.2% year on year… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2007:Home Interest Sector Reports Overall Optimistic Outlook

TV Choice ignored the overall downward trend for TV listings magazines, bolstering its circulation year on year for July to December 2007 and scooping top spot.The title now reports a total ABC of over 1.4 million, following a rise of around 51,500 issues year on year.What’s On TV moves to second place in the featured… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2007:TV Choice Scoops Top Spot Of TV Listings Mags Following Circulation Upturn

Conde Nast’s handbag sized women’s monthly Glamour remained the top title in the sector in the latest ABC release, for July to December 2007, although it suffered a year on year fall of 6.5%.It now has a circulation of just over 550,000 copies, well in front of the second place women’s monthly, Good Housekeeping.Good Housekeeping… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2007:Glamour On Top Of Women’s Monthly Sector

The latest ABC figures, for July to December 2007, show a pretty mixed six months in the teen sector, although there were some healthy circulation increases.The teen market has been through a turbulent time recently, with the National Magazine Company axing its trial digital magazine Jellyfish (see NatMags Axes Jellyfish After Trial Problems) in June,… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2007: Mixed Six Months For Teen Sector

Daily Newspaper MarketBritain’s national daily newspapers suffered an almost 3% overall drop in circulation year on year for January, with nearly all titles recording a downturn, according to the latest ABC figures.The Financial Times was once again the only daily paper to bolster its circulation, reporting a 3% rise year on year for the month.The… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: January 2008

In January thelondonpaper saw its circulation rise by more than 6% month on month, giving it a total figure of over 500,000 copies.This was well ahead of the London Lite, which following an increase of around 2.5% now has a circulation nearing 400,000 .Paid-for title the Evening Standard also enjoyed a circulation upturn in January,… Continue reading thelondonpaper’s Circulation Up 6%

Traffic was down for all of the national newspaper websites in December, according to the latest data from the ABCe.Guardian Unlimited saw a fall of over 1.5 million unique users*, although with just under 16 million it remains the UK’s busiest national newspaper website. This is the second consecutive month that figures have fallen.The Daily… Continue reading National Newspaper Sites Hit By December Dive