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Pagination reports are available to MediaTel subscribers in the Press-Pagination database.Following MediaTel Group’s ‘Future of National Newspapers’ seminar held in London yesterday, Newsline has highlighted some pagination trends for daily and Sunday newspapers.Over the past 10 years, the national newspaper market has been in gradual decline, losing 18.6% of overall sales between 1999 and 2008,… Continue reading National Newspapers Pagination Report

ITV1’s viewing share was down 1.6 percentage points year on year in June, with BBC One also down over the same period.All ViewingITV1’s share now rests at 16.2% following a year on year fall. It was a poor month for the channel, despite the relative success of shows such as Real Crime (see Overnights: Real… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – June 2009

Daily Newspaper MarketThe daily newspaper market was up by almost 1% period on period in June, although it was down by 2.5% on June 2008, according to the latest ABCs.The Daily Star managed to record the strongest year on year circulation increase in June and was also up period on period. National Newspaper ABC Figures… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: June 2009

The latest ABC figures show that the London Evening Standard‘s circulation was up by around 12% month on month in June, taking its total to an impressive 236,075 copies.Looking at the afternoon freesheets, the London Lite saw its distribution remain static period on period at just under 401,000 copies, while thelondonpaper was down by around… Continue reading Evening Standard’s circulation up 12% month on month

The Susan Boyle inspired ratings success of Britain’s Got Talent (see 18.5m watch Britain’s Got Talent results show), wasn’t enough to arrest ITV’s continued downturn in revenue. Despite the programme attaining ratings of over 11 million viewers from the initial audition stage, the commercial network broadcaster recorded a 16.7% year on year fall in revenue… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – May 2009

Guardian.co.uk was the most popular website of the audited national daily newspapers in May 2009, with Telegraph.co.uk enjoying a boost in unique users, according to the latest ABCe data.The Guardian saw its unique user figure fall slightly month on month although it was up by around 9 million year on year, to 27.2 million. In… Continue reading ABCe May 2009: Guardian stays on top

Internet users have grown by over 2.6 million people in the past year, according to data released by research company BMRB.Figures for the first quarter of 2009 show YOY usage up by 8.3%. Although the number of people going online is continuing to grow, now standing at 34.2 million, there seems to be something of… Continue reading BMRB Q1 2009: Online Usage

May TV viewing data shows that ITV1’s share suffered a slight year on year dip, despite the success of shows such as Britain’s Got Talent.All ViewingITV1’s viewing share fell 0.4 percentage points year on year, to leave it at 19.3% in May 2009.The channel had some big hits in May, however, with the final of… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – May 2009

Daily Newspaper MarketOverall, the daily newspaper market had a bleak month in May, falling by 4.7% year on year, with only one title bucking the downward trend.The Daily Star reported impressive year on year growth despite several other daily titles recording significant falls. National Newspaper ABC Figures – May 2009 Daily Titles May-08 May-09 Actual… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: May 2009

The Evening Standard‘s circulation was down by almost 30% year on year in May following its relaunch at the start of the month (see Evening Standard relaunches today with promises of better behaviour) which saw the title adopt a new distribution strategy.There have already been reports that executives at the paper believe the figures –… Continue reading Evening Standard’s circulation down almost 30% YoY