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It was a year of contrasting fortunes for the magazine industry in 2008, with titles closing and circulations falling for many, although there were signs of where the future could lie as digital mags began to take off and free titles showed their worth.There was big news at the start of the year as Emap… Continue reading 2008 round-up: Magazines

All of the five main terrestrial channels saw declines in viewing share in November, with ITV1 experiencing the largest year on year fall, of 1.0 percentage points.All ViewingBBC One saw a relatively large year on year decline of 0.9 percentage points, taking its share to 21.6%, despite its weekend rating winning show, Strictly Come Dancing.Strictly… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – November 2008

Daily Newspaper MarketThe national daily newspaper market suffered an overall circulation fall of 4% year on year in November.The only daily national titles in our analysis to report circulation growth were the Financial Times and Guardian, up 0.8% and 0.4% year on year respectively.The Independent saw the largest fall of the national titles, down 13.8%… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: November 2008

November saw the Evening Standard‘s circulation slip by 1.2% month on month, to around 303,000 copies.Distribution figures for the afternoon freesheets the London Lite and thelondonpaper remained static month on month.The London Lite has a total figure of around 401,000 copies while thelondonpaper‘s is almost 501,000 copies.Both morning freesheets recorded slight distribution increases in November,… Continue reading Evening Standard sees month on month circulation dip

October was a bad month all round, with across the board falls in revenue intake. Worst hit was Channel 4, which saw its revenue fall by 12.1% year on year to stand at £55.17 million.The next biggest fall was seen by the ITV1 Network, which went down to £118.7 million (10.3% on last year’s figures).… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – October 2008

Guardian.co.uk has become the first national newspaper website to attract 25 million unique users, according to data released by ABCe.All of the national newspaper websites audited by ABCe saw an increase in traffic, with four now boasting over 20 million users. Coverage of the US Presidential elections no doubt drove people online in increased numbers.Yet… Continue reading Guardian.co.uk breaks 25m mark

Most of the terrestrial channels saw declines in viewing share in October, although Five recorded a slight year on year rise, of 0.1 percentage points.The largest year on year fall in share came for ITV1, at 1.4 percentage points.All ViewingFive was up slightly year on year in October, by 0.1 percentage points to 5.1%. UEFA… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – October 2008

Daily Newspaper MarketThe NRS figures for April to September 2008 show that Britain’s daily national newspaper market was down 0.7% year on year in September.However, in the daily Quality sector, the Guardian and the Times both added an impressive number of readers year on year, while the Daily Telegraph was also up.The Sun recorded a… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: April – September 2008

Daily Newspaper MarketThe national daily newspaper market suffered an overall circulation fall of 5.1% year on year in October.The only daily national title in our analysis to enjoy an increase in circulation was the Financial Times, up 0.5% year on year.There was a large year on year fall for the Independent, down 16.3%. National Newspaper… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: October 2008

October was a good month for the Evening Standard, with the title enjoying a 3% month on month increase in circulation.The Standard now has a total circulation figure of just under 307,000 copies.Morning business freesheet City AM saw its distribution figure rise by just under 1% in October, to over 101,000 copies.The afternoon freesheets London… Continue reading Evening Standard’s circulation up in October