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Nearly 31 million people in the UK were surfing the web over the fourth quarter of 2007, according to figures released by BMRB. Although this is not a significant rise over the past few months, it is a 5.9% rise on the same period last year.This is reflective of the general theme of the figures… Continue reading Online Usage Round-Up Q4 2007

Daily Newspaper MarketBritain’s national daily newspapers saw a decline in circulation of almost 2.5% overall for February year on year, with all sectors suffering losses, according to the latest data from the ABC.Worst hit in real terms in the Quality sector were the Daily Telegraph and the Times, which both shed just under 30,000 copies… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: February 2008

thelondonpaper‘s circulation remained relatively static period on period in February, with a total figure of almost 501,000 copies.The London Lite‘s circulation increased by around 0.5% period on period, to more than 400,000 copies.The paid-for title, the Evening Standard, suffered a minor drop, of almost 2.5% period on period, leaving its total circulation at over 288,000.Morning… Continue reading thelondonpaper Remains Ahead Of London Lite

January saw across the board declines for all the terrestrial channels, with Channel 4 and Five jointly recording the biggest year on year dips.Both stations fell by 6.6% compared to January 2007, to stand at £ 48.59 million and £ 19.34 million respectively. ITV1 had the next biggest year on year fall, down by 2%… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – January 2008

The latest regional ABC figures, for July to December 2007, show that all of the top ten paid for regional titles recorded declines in their circulations.Within the free regional newspaper groups category, there was a big increase for Northcliffe Newspapers Group, up by around 21.5%, or 502,000 copies year on year.Paid Regional Newspaper GroupsNone of… Continue reading ABC Regional Newspapers: July-December 2007

It was a depressing start of the year for the main terrestrial broadcasters, with all channels dropping viewing share in all homes year on year for January.Channel 4 saw the greatest decline, with share down 2.6 percentage points.BBC One saw the gap between itself and ITV1 narrowed, with BBC One now reporting a 21.7% share… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – January 2008

Britain’s National Newspaper websites have seen a sharp rise in usage in January, according to the latest data released by ABCe. The figures not only see the nationals regain users after the traditional December slump but actually put most ahead of where they were in November, in terms of both unique users* and page impressions.Guardian… Continue reading National Newspaper Websites Recover From December Slump

Both Xbox World 360 and Official Nintendo Magazine enjoyed large circulation increases for the six month period to the end of December. Both titles were up by around 37% each year on year.Xbox World 360 now has a total circulation figure of nearly 32,000 copies, while Official Nintendo Magazine‘s circulation has risen to almost 59,000… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2007:Xbox World 360 And Official Nintendo Magazine Record Big Increases In Circulation

Q magazine remained top of the music mags despite a decline of almost 9,000 copies year on year for July to December 2007, according to the latest ABC data.The title, which was recently acquired by Bauer Consumer Media, now reports a figure of 131,300, which was actually up just under 1% period on period.IPC’s NME… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2007: Q Magazine Stays Top Of Declining Music Market

This report on London radio stations has been slightly amended to incorporate the re-release of data from RAJAR for Q4 2007, following weighting irregularities from RAJAR’s contractor RSMB on six monthly reporting stations. Any changes are clearly highlighted in the text and tables (where appropriate).Q4 2007 RAJAR figures show that Magic FM (London) once again… Continue reading Magic FM Still Has Top Reach In London