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After a slow end to the year which saw all National Newspaper websites bar the Sun Online lose users, there has been a huge increase in users over the month of January. According to data released by ABCe, 2009 brought record numbers to the seven national newspaper websites it audits.Guardian.co.uk saw yet another record month… Continue reading ABCe: January sees more record traffic

The latest regional ABC figures, for July to December 2008, show that the Nottingham & Long Eaton Topper is Britain’s top regional title.In the top ten regional newspaper groups, Northcliffe Media Group – Free titles remains well ahead of other regional publishers, with more than 2.6 million copies.Regional Newspaper GroupsJust two of the top ten… Continue reading ABC Regional Newspapers: July-December 2008

December was a difficult month for terrestrial stations, with all channels recording a year on year decrease in commercial revenue. The worst affected was ITV1 network, which saw revenue fall by 19.5% compared to December 2007, to stand at £88.52 million.The next biggest fall was seen by Channel 4, with a year on year decline… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – December 2008

Daily Newspaper MarketThe NRS figures for January to December 2008 show that Britain’s national newspaper market was down 2.3% overall year on year.There were big readership increases for the Financial Times and the Guardian in the Quality sector, however, while the Times was also up.In the Popular sector, the Daily Record recorded a readership increase… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: Jan – Dec 2008

There were varying year on year declines in viewing share for all five of the main terrestrial channels in January, with BBC One and ITV1 falling by 1.0 and 1.1 percentage points respectively.All ViewingBBC One now has a viewing share of 20.7% following its year on year dip, while ITV1’s stands at 18.0%.There were a… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – January 2009

Only three titles in the music magazine sector reported year on year rises in the latest ABC release, for July to December 2008 – RWD, Metal Hammer and Classic Rock.RWD has seen phenomenal success this year, up by more than 131% and gaining almost 44,000 copies, taking its total to over 77,000.Future Publishing’s Metal Hammer… Continue reading ABC Results July-Dec 2008: RWD bucks the downward trend in the music market

H Bauer’s Take a Break remains on top of the women’s weekly market, with a total circulation of more than 943,000 copies.The title was down both year on year and period on period, however, by around 6% and 4% respectively.Closer‘s circulation now stands at around 540,000 copies after a period on period upturn of 2.4%,… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2008:Take a Break takes women’s weeklies top spot again

Although the overall trend in the home interest sector was of declining circulations, a couple of titles did manage to show some growth.National Magazine Company’s Coast was up an impressive 14.7% year on year according to the ABC figures for July to December, taking its circulation to more than 42,000 copies.Country Homes & Interiors, published… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2008:Coast makes waves in the home interest sector

All of the titles in the TV Listing Magazines sector have seen year on year circulation declines in the latest ABC release for July to December 2008.However, three of the titles enjoyed period on period rises, including BBC Worldwide’s Radio Times (1.4%), H Bauer’s Total TV Guide (1%) and IPCs TV Times (1.9%).TV Choice remains… Continue reading ABC Results July-Dec 2008:All TV listing titles see circulation declines again this period

Condé Nast’s handbag sized Glamour magazine remains top of the women’s monthly sector in the latest ABC release, for July to December 2008, despite seeing a slight dip of 0.4% year on year, taking it to just below 550,000 copies.However, the new John Lewis in-store free magazine, Source, by John Brown Group, isn’t far behind,… Continue reading ABC Results July-Dec 2008:Glamour stays on top of the women’s monthly sector