It is a tale of two business models in the Men’s Lifestyle sector, with free titles taking up the top two positions once again, while paid-for titles struggle to keep the pace.
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It was a mixed period for the Women’s Weekly magazine sector. Like most other sectors, some titles did exceptionally well while others struggled to maintain their circulations in a post-recession market.
Condé Nast’s Glamour still tops the Women’s Monthly sector with a total circulation of more than 526,000 copies, despite seeing no change over the year.
BC figures for January to June 2010 represent a fairly mixed overview of the consumer magazine market.
The UK’s online universe has seen a drop in size for the second month in a row. According to data released by UKOM, there were 38.4 million people online over the month of June, a drop of over 2 million people since April.
RAJAR figures for Q2 2010 saw a stellar performance from commercial radio, which posted it’s highest share and reach since 2007.
Digital Radio put in a strong performance this quarter, posting substantial increases in share, reach and DAB ownership.
Johnny Vaughan and Lisa Snowdon’s 95.8 Capital Radio breakfast show is still number one in London, despite a good effort from its main rivals Heart 106.2 FM and Kiss 100.
Heart 106.2 FM is officially the Capital’s number one station, after shooting ahead of the old favourite Magic 105.4 to claim the highest weekly reach.
Commercial radio thrived in Q2 2010; increasing both its weekly reach and share of listening.
