The Times saw its circulation dip by 0.7% during October to a total of just over 650,000 ahead of the paper’s switch to tabloid-only publication, according to the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.The newspaper claims that its compact edition has brought an increased audience of young readers to the traditionally older-focussed newspaper,… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – October 2004
Richard Desmond’s Daily Star was one of the brightest lights in the tabloid sky in the six months to August with readership rising by more than 14% year on year to just over the 2 million mark, according to the latest NRS figures.The Star‘s two-year-old Sunday spin-off also performed well during same period with readership… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up
The Guardian finally appears to have put an end to its recent sales slump with a healthy 3.2% increase in circulation during September to just under the 380,000 mark, according to the latest monthly ABC results.The newspaper has yet to launch its reduced size offering, believed to be in the Berliner format following a £50… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – September 2004
The Independent continued to see its readership increase year on year in the six months to July as the newspaper approached the first anniversary of launching its commuter friendly tabloid edition. However, the Guardian suffered a sharp decline, losing more than a quarter of its readership in the same period.The latest NRS national newspaper figures… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – July 2004
The Guardian lost more than a quarter of its overall readership in the twelve months to June as the new tabloid incarnation of the Independent went from strength to strength in the broadsheet sector.The latest NRS national newspaper figures for the six months to June show that the Guardian saw its readership decline by 25.7%… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – June 2004
Football First saw circulation shoot up by an impressive 37.2% during August to just over the 30,000 as the start of the Premiership season lifted sales at the Sunday sports title, according to the latest ABC national newspaper results.Elsewhere, the Sunday Mirror experienced a solid 5.7% month on month rise to earn a total circulation… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – August 2004
The latest ABC regional newspaper figures for the six months to June 2004 open a mixed bag of results for the UK’s top ten paid regional newspaper groups, with the highest circulating publishers amongst the worst hit. The market leading Sunday World All Editions Group suffered a decline in combined circulation of 3.7% year on… Continue reading ABC Regional Newspapers: Jan-Jun 2004
The Independent‘s decision to drop its broadsheet format in favour of the new commuter friendly compact helped the title see readership increase by an impressive 15.8% year on year during May to just below the 700,000 mark.However, the latest NRS national newspaper figures reveal a slightly less impressive performance for the Times, which suffered a… Continue reading NRS national Mewspaper Round-Up – May 2004
The Guardian continued to perform poorly last month with circulation declining by 4.5% to 371,129 as competition in the rapidly evolving broadsheet market intensified, according to the latest national newspaper ABC results for June.However, the title is working to reverse its fortunes and recently announced its intention to reduce its size, adopting the Berliner format… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – July 2004
The figures listed in NewsLine’s ABC reports are those reported by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) as at Thursday 12 August 2004. Late submissions and changes may be made after this date, and will thereafter be amended in MediaTel’s Press database. For full notes on how NewsLine’s reports are compiled please see NewsLine.The following… Continue reading ABC Jan-Jun 2004: Performance By Publisher
