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Heart 106.2 FM reclaimed its crown in the London Breakfast battle, overtaking 95.8 Capital Radio to scoop the top spot, with a rise in weekly reach of 6.6% year on year and almost 6% period on period, according to the latest data from RAJAR.Cheeky Jamie Theakston and bubbly Harriet Scott brought Heart 106.2 FM’s weekly… Continue reading Heart 106.2 FM Reclaims Breakfast Crown In London

It was a dismal picture for the teenage market, with large declines for most of the featured titles in the sector, according to the ABC January to June 2007 concurrent release.NatMags’ CosmoGIRL! closed in June (see NatMags To Close CosmoGIRL!) in order for the company to put more focus on Jellyfish (see NatMags Names Digital… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2007: Dismal Picture For Teen Market With Sugar Taking Top Spot From Bliss

The latest RAJAR results for Q2 2007 show that BBC Radio 2 once again had the highest weekly reach of the national stations, of more than 13.1 million listeners, up almost 1.3% year on year.Radio 1 saw its reach rise by 4.3% year on year, taking it to almost 10.9 million listeners, whilst Radio 4… Continue reading Radio 2 Records Rise In Weekly Reach

Radio listening via platform (analogue and digital), announced for the first time since the introduction of new methodology in January 2007 (see New RAJAR Diary Survey To Deliver Results In August), reveals almost 13% of listening is now via a digital platform (DAB, DTV, internet) with digital listening hours for Q2, 2007 totalling 136 million… Continue reading New RAJAR Figures Reveal Almost 13% Of Listening Now Via Digital

The weekly reach of all commercial stations grew during Q2 2007, by over 2.6% period on period and more than 4.1% year on year for all demographic groups.The BBC recorded a period on period decline in weekly reach across all demographic groups of over 0.6%. However, it was up year on year by 1.2%.The only… Continue reading Commercial Radio Increases Reach Across All Demographic Groups

Daily Newspaper MarketThe majority of England’s national newspapers once again recorded a circulation slump, with national dailies seeing an overall dip of 2.2%.Most of the Quality dailies suffered relatively insignificant declines year on year for July, with the Times recording the largest downturn of the dailies of almost 32,000 copies.Meanwhile, in the Popular daily sector,… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: July 2007

thelondonpaper remained ahead of its rival afternoon freesheet the London Lite in July, enjoying a month on month increase in circulation of almost 54,000 copies to take its total distribution to over 550,400.The London Lite‘s circulation now stands at almost 400,600, after the title’s circulation rose by more than 12,100 copies.Paid-for title the Evening Standard… Continue reading thelondonpaper Stays Ahead Of London Lite

June revenues increased for terrestrial channels by 4.5% year on year, although ITV1 was an exception as its revenue fell by 4.1%, likely due to the World Cup coverage dominating ITV1’s schedule this time last year (see England Score With Biggest World Cup Viewing Figures).Channel 4 had a very good month as it saw its… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – June 2007

ITV1 was the only terrestrial channel to see a year on year rise in its viewing share in all homes for June, with Britain’s biggest commercial broadcaster up two percentage points.Channel 4 felt the greatest decline in its share, down two percentage points for the month, whilst BBC One, BBC Two and Five also fell.All… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – June 2007

The troubled men’s magazine sector is set to feel the heat from an aggressive newcomer, with the news that a team of magazine industry heavyweights is gearing up to launch a new free competitor into the weekly market.The plan is to create a half-million circulation title, which has a working title of Alpha One, with… Continue reading FEATURE: Start-Up Stirs Up Men’s Weekly Sector