It was a poor six months for the men’s magazine market, with both FHM and Loaded recording big circulation declines in the latest ABC release.Emap’s FHM was the hardest hit in the sector, down by almost 110,000 copies year on year, a percentage decline of around 26%, leaving it with a total figure of almost… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2007:Big Declines In Men’s Sector

The women’s weekly sector experienced sizeable declines in circulation, with few exceptions, according to the latest January to June 2007 consumer magazine ABC data.Top weekly Take A Break saw its circulation fall to just over one million following a year on year drop of more than 63,500 issues, whilst Bella shed a sizeable chunk of… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2007: Take A Break Stays Top Of Women’s Weeklies Amidst Sizeable Declines

It was a relatively stable period for the home interest sector, with newcomer Ikea Family Live recording the highest ABC, according to today’s consumer magazine concurrent release for the first half of 2007.Its nearest in-store competitor, Homebase Ideas, now sits at 417,505, following a decline of just over 6,500 copies, year on year, a fall… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2007: Home Interest Titles Hold Their Own In Troubled Mag Market

What’s On TV, published by IPC Media, was the top title in the TV mag sector once again, although it suffered a circulation decline of almost 6% year on year.The TV listings title was down by just over 87,000 copies in real terms, to leave its total figure at around 1.4 million copies.TV Easy, also… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2007:TV Choice Closes Gap On What’s On TV

Glamour, the handbag sized women’s monthly from Conde Nast, stayed at the top of the sector in today’s ABC release for January to June 2007, despite a decline of over 7% year on year.Its circulation now rests at more than 544,600, easily ahead of the second placed women’s monthly, Cosmopolitan.Cosmopolitan was up year on year… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2007:Glamour Remains Top Of Women’s Monthly Sector

It was a dismal picture for the teenage market, with large declines for most of the featured titles in the sector, according to the ABC January to June 2007 concurrent release.NatMags’ CosmoGIRL! closed in June (see NatMags To Close CosmoGIRL!) in order for the company to put more focus on Jellyfish (see NatMags Names Digital… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2007: Dismal Picture For Teen Market With Sugar Taking Top Spot From Bliss

Daily Newspaper MarketThe majority of England’s national newspapers once again recorded a circulation slump, with national dailies seeing an overall dip of 2.2%.Most of the Quality dailies suffered relatively insignificant declines year on year for July, with the Times recording the largest downturn of the dailies of almost 32,000 copies.Meanwhile, in the Popular daily sector,… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: July 2007

thelondonpaper remained ahead of its rival afternoon freesheet the London Lite in July, enjoying a month on month increase in circulation of almost 54,000 copies to take its total distribution to over 550,400.The London Lite‘s circulation now stands at almost 400,600, after the title’s circulation rose by more than 12,100 copies.Paid-for title the Evening Standard… Continue reading thelondonpaper Stays Ahead Of London Lite

The troubled men’s magazine sector is set to feel the heat from an aggressive newcomer, with the news that a team of magazine industry heavyweights is gearing up to launch a new free competitor into the weekly market.The plan is to create a half-million circulation title, which has a working title of Alpha One, with… Continue reading FEATURE: Start-Up Stirs Up Men’s Weekly Sector

Daily Newspaper MarketBritain’s national daily newspapers saw an overall year on year drop in readership for the six months to May 2007 of 0.6%, according to the latest data from the NRS.In the Quality daily sector, the Daily Telegraph was the only title to record an upturn in its readership year on year, at 6.3%,… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: May 2007