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It was a relatively stable period for the home interest sector, with newcomer Ikea Family Live recording the highest ABC, according to today’s consumer magazine concurrent release for the first half of 2007.Its nearest in-store competitor, Homebase Ideas, now sits at 417,505, following a decline of just over 6,500 copies, year on year, a fall… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2007: Home Interest Titles Hold Their Own In Troubled Mag Market

The latest RAJAR figures, for Q2 2007, show that Emap’s Magic FM (London) once again had the highest weekly reach of the main London stations, enjoying a year on year increase of more than 5.1%.The station’s weekly reach, of more than 1.9 million listeners, was also up period on period, by almost 8.7%.Magic FM (London)’s… Continue reading Magic FM Bolsters Weekly Reach To Over 1.9 Million In London

What’s On TV, published by IPC Media, was the top title in the TV mag sector once again, although it suffered a circulation decline of almost 6% year on year.The TV listings title was down by just over 87,000 copies in real terms, to leave its total figure at around 1.4 million copies.TV Easy, also… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2007:TV Choice Closes Gap On What’s On TV

Glamour, the handbag sized women’s monthly from Conde Nast, stayed at the top of the sector in today’s ABC release for January to June 2007, despite a decline of over 7% year on year.Its circulation now rests at more than 544,600, easily ahead of the second placed women’s monthly, Cosmopolitan.Cosmopolitan was up year on year… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2007:Glamour Remains Top Of Women’s Monthly Sector

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

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

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