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It was a hard six months for the teen magazine sector, although some titles managed to weather the storm better than others.Hachette Filipacchi’s Sugar was top of the sector with a total circulation of over 153,500 copies.However, it was down year on year by around 2.5% and period on period by around 3% according to… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2008:Tough times for teen magazines

Free men’s weekly Shortlist had the highest circulation in the men’s lifestyle sector, at around 506,000 copies.The magazine was up by 5.1% period on period – as it only launched in September 2007 it is not possible to make a year on year comparison, although an October to December 2007 figure is available which shows… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2008:Shortlist shows staying power in men’s lifestyle sector

ABC consumer magazine figures for July to December 2008 show that Shortlist remains on top of the men’s lifestyle sector, while Glamour and Take A Break have the highest circulations in the women’s monthly and weekly sectors respectively.Shortlist, the men’s free weekly title, increased its circulation by around 5% period on period to around 506,000… Continue reading ABC consumer magazine headlines Jul-Dec 2008

Perhaps with the financial downturn forcing more people to spend time indoors it should be no surprise that some gaming magazines enjoyed growing circulation figures in the July to December ABC release.Uncooked Media’s 360 Gamer grew almost 30% year on year, taking its circulation to 18,000 copies, while Future Publishing’s Playstation Official was up by… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2008:Big circulation increases in gaming sector

Daily Newspaper MarketThe national daily newspaper market was down overall by 3.8% year on year in January.There were relatively large year on year declines for the Independent, Daily Record and Daily Mirror, while the Daily Star managed to buck the overall trend. National Newspaper ABC Figures – January 2009 Daily Titles Jan-08 Jan-09 Actual Change… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: January 2009

Buoyed by the increasing financial uncertainty in world markets, January saw free business title City AM‘s distribution figure grow 3.7% year on year to 87,655.The Evening Standard‘s circulation dipped slightly year on year, by around 0.5% to just under 293,000 copies, although it was up month on month.Evening freesheet thelondonpaper remained relatively static year on… Continue reading City AM enjoys year on year growth

Q4 RAJAR figures reveal that listening via DAB was up from 114 million hours to 116 million period on period.DAB radio also increased its share of listening on digital platforms, from an 11.3% share in Q3 to an 11.4% share in Q4 2008.In what was a good quarter for digital radio, DAB’s weekly reach rose… Continue reading DAB enjoys rise in listening hours

BBC Radio 2 continues to have the highest weekly reach of all the national stations at 13.5 million listeners, according to the RAJAR figures for Q4 2008, following a year on year rise of 5%.BBC Radio 1 was not far behind, with 10.5 million listeners, although it was down both year on year and period… Continue reading BBC Radio 2 remains top national station

The latest RAJAR figures, for the fourth quarter of 2008, show that All Commercial radio enjoyed a year on year increase in weekly reach, although its average hours per listener figure was down over the same period.All BBC also saw its average hours per listener figure drop year on year, while its weekly reach showed… Continue reading Weekly reach increase for commercial radio

Magic 105.4 remains above all the other London stations for the third consecutive quarter, in terms of weekly reach and share of listening, according to RAJAR figures for Q4 2008.Its average weekly reach in London is back up to almost 2 million listeners, after a period on period increase of around 6%.Magic was also the… Continue reading Magic 105.4 stays on top in London