Daily Newspaper MarketThe national daily newspaper market continued to decline in July, with overall circulation falling by 3.41% year on year.The Mid Market and Popular sectors both recorded circulation declines for all titles, with only two of the Qualities bucking the overall trend, The FT and the Guardian.The Times recorded the biggest decline of the… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: July 2006

Daily Newspaper MarketThe daily newspaper market continued to see readership decline in the six-month period from December 2005 to May 2006, with a total downturn of 4.38% year on year, indicating continued problems for the sector.There were some success stories amidst the depression, however, with the Independent adding a remarkable 26.4% to its total year… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: May 2006

Daily Newspaper MarketBritain’s daily newspaper market looked downbeat yet again in June, with overall circulation slipping by 2.86% year on year, demonstrating further decline for the industry.Both the Mid Market and Popular sectors saw a dip across the board, with just two Quality titles bucking the overall trend. The Guardian and the Financial Times were… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: June 2006

Daily Newspaper MarketThe daily newspaper market continued to see readership decline for the six-month period from November 2005 to April 2006, with a substantial total downturn of 5.4% year on year, signalling further trouble for the sector.There were some success stories amidst the depression however, with the Independent pushing its readership up by a massive… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: April 2006

Daily Newspaper MarketNational daily newspapers endured another difficult six months with readership down a dramatic 6.4% year on year from October to March.Almost all titles suffered a downturn, with popular and mid-market titles seeing the worst decline in readership. The Daily Express lost 17.4% of its audience, while the Daily Star dropped by 15%. The… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: March 2006

Daily Newspaper MarketDaily newspapers in Britain continued to drop in circulation last month, with an overall dip of 2.98% year on year for May. However the decline was less marked than April’s fall, which was 3.11% in total.All sectors saw an overall decline in circulation, with the tabloids suffering the most. The Daily Mirror and… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: May 2006

The total number of internet users reached 27.6 million during the first quarter of 2006, according to figures released by BMRB. This represents a 12.3% growth from the same period in 2005, and is greater than the 7.6 growth experienced in the same period from 2004 to 2005.Overall internet usage has risen from 22.8 million… Continue reading Online Usage Round-Up: Internet Boom Continues Into 2006

Daily Newspaper MarketBritain’s daily newspaper market continued to see circulation decline in April, suffering a dip of 3.11% year on year overall.Both the mid market and popular sectors saw universal decline, while the quality market saw just two titles increase their sales.The Guardian added 1.9% to its sales year on year, pushing circulation to 374,580,… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: April 2006

Daily Newspaper MarketBritain’s daily newspaper market suffered a year on year dip of 3.18% in circulation overall during March, marking a continued struggle for the industry against sliding sales.The popular sector suffered the worst downturn, with all four national titles suffering a decline in sales.Elsewhere, the Daily Express notched up the largest individual sales downturn,… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: March 2006

Daily Newspaper MarketThe daily newspaper market continued to look down in the mouth in the six months to February, with a total downturn of 4.1% in readership indicating a continued struggle for the sector.Not all papers suffered decline, however, with compact qualities the Independent and The Times scoring respectable increases of 24.5% and 19% respectively.The… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: February 2006