The daily newspaper market is down -7.6% on April 2011, with just one title posting an increase over the year. i continues to see its circulation rise. The title is up 68.6% on this time last year (it released its first ABC figure in January 2011). Postively, a number of titles saw their circulation figures… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: April 2012
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Today’s ABC release confirms the significant uplift of Saturday newspaper editions, as ABC reports a Monday-Friday and Saturday split for the first time.
The daily newspaper market is down -7.4% on March 2011, with just one title posting an increase over the year. i continues to see its circulation rise. The title is up 59.7% on this time last year (it released its first ABC figure in January 2011). Postively, a number of titles saw their circulation figures increase PoP.
The daily newspaper market is down -5.2% on February 2011, with just one title posting an increase over the year.
The latest ABC release for the regional press continues to show online usage increasing for the regional networks. The top network is still Trinity Mirror with over nine million monthly unique browsers.
Today’s ABC release paints a fairly poor picture for the regional newspaper market, with all but one newspaper group in our analysis posting percentage declines in the July to December period.
The quality market titles, both the dailies and Sundays, were among the biggest losers in readership terms in 2011. The FT saw its readership fall by -12.9% YoY in 2011, while the Times lost 180,000 readers during the one-year period (-11.5%). The Sunday Times also saw its readership drop -10.1% (-297,000 readers).
Well here we are again. I am gazing at the 166 page ABC report for consumer magazines. It’s late on a Thursday afternoon and I can feel my eyes zoning out. The last set of results released in the summer solicited the comment from MEC’s press director, Rob Lynam: “I think that’s one of the worst ABCs I’ve ever seen, if not the worse.”
To get a real picture of how the consumer magazine market is holding up, Newsline asked ZenithOptimedia, Maxus, MEC, Carat, MPG Media Contacts and Initiative for their views.
The News & Current Affairs and Business & Finance markets have performed particularly well in this ABC release.Private Eye has added more than 20,000 copies (up 10.1% YoY), while Dennis Publishing’s The Week has increased its circulation by 7,000 copies. Overall, the News & Current Affairs (domestic) sector is up 11.2% on this time last… Continue reading ABC Consumer Jul-Dec 2011: News & Current Affairs
