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The ABC figures for July to December 2006 show that the Teenage Magazine sector suffered a host of declining circulation figures.Bliss, which was recently bought from Emap by Panini (see Blissful Acquisition For Panini), saw a very large decline, of over 45% year on year, a fall in actual terms of more than 125,000.Also taking… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2006:Troubled Times For Teen Magazines

The latest ABC results show that some of the biggest hitters in the Men’s Magazine market suffered declines in the six months to December 2006.Market leader FHM was hit hardest in actual terms, dropping more than 129,000 copies from its circulation year on year, leaving it with a total figure of around 371,000 copies.Earlier this… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2006:Large Declines For Men’s Mags

Daily Newspaper MarketThe start of 2007 signalled another dismal period for the nation’s daily newspapers, with the sector seeing an overall year on year circulation slip of 3.5%.The Popular sector was the hardest hit, with sizeable declines for all titles. The Daily Mirror and the Sun both shed more than 100,000 copies year on year… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: January 2007

January saw thelondonpaper pull away from its big rival London Lite, recording a circulation increase of more than 6% month on month.The London Lite‘s circulation remained relatively static month on month, leaving it with a total figure of more than 400,000 copies, whilst thelondonpaper‘s circulation reached more than 435,000 copies, an additional 109,225 on the… Continue reading thelondonpaper Pulls Away From London Lite

Yesterday’s Q4 RAJAR results were quickly seized on by commentators in the press, all keen to give their opinions on what the latest figures mean to the main industry players.One of the big themes picked up on was the performance of GCap Media, with the Financial Times reporting that although Capital Radio suffered year on… Continue reading RAJAR Q4 2006: National Press Perspective

The weekly reach of commercial stations grew across all demographic groups in Q4, up 1.4% period on period, whilst there was also an increase, although a marginal one, for the BBC, which recorded period on period growth of 0.47%.The 4-14 age group saw strong growth in weekly reach for commercial stations, growing by more than… Continue reading Commercial Radio’s Weekly Reach Grows Across All Demographic Groups

The BBC overall increased its share of listening by a marginal 0.1% points compared to last quarter, despite a year on year dip of 0.7% points, according to today’s Q4 RAJAR figures.Weekly reach for the Corporation’s stations was up marginally, by almost 0.5% period on period, a dip of almost 0.5% year on year. However,… Continue reading Listeners Spending Less Time With BBC And Commercial Radio

Heart 106.2FM remained well and truly London’s favourite radio station, with Q4 2006 RAJAR figures revealing the station to have the highest weekly reach, share of listening and hours per listener amongst the commercial FM stations in the capital.Heart’s weekly reach leapt more than 8% from last quarter and more than 5% year on year.… Continue reading Heart 106.2 FM Retains Top Spot In London

There was, as we have come to expect, a fierce battle for the breakfast number one spot in London, with Heart 106.2 FM beating both Radio 1 and Capital Radio.The RAJAR figures for Q4 2006 show that Heart 106.2 FM enjoyed a period on period increase of 23.4% in the breakfast slot, giving it a… Continue reading Breakfast Battle Sees Heart 106.2 FM Come Out On Top

The latest RAJAR data for Q4 2006 shows that digital only stations continue to perform well, with year on year gains in the number of DAB households and people listening via DTV.The percentage of adults who live in DAB households also rose slightly period on period, to 16%, whilst listening via DTV remained stable quarter… Continue reading Strong Quarter For Digital Radio