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The total number of internet users reached more than 28 million across the second quarter of 2006, according to figures released by BMRB. This is the highest number of users yet and represents a 10.6% increase from the same period last year.The overall number of users has risen by just over five million since 2004,… Continue reading Online Usage Round-Up: Internet Usage Reaches All Time High

As with the other magazine sectors, the figures returned for the first half of the year were relatively poor, with most titles registering a decline in sales.Future Publishing, which dominates the market, saw its title Xbox World 360 record an increase of 25.5% year on year (a growth in real terms of 4,712) following the… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2006:Poor First Half Of 2006 For Gaming Magazines

Emap’s Q Magazine remained the top selling music title of the main players, despite a minimal dip in circulation year on year, according to the latest ABC data for the six months to June 2006.The magazine’s distribution fell by just 1.3% year on year and it now commands a circulation of more than 158,000. However,… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2006:Music Magazine Market Remains Strong Overall

July brought with it the culmination of the World Cup and subsequently ITV1 suffering a very low average weekly viewing share across all television homes, as it fell to 16.8% share across the month.ITV1’s share also fell in digital homes whilst BBC One saw its share swell year on year, although not to the levels… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – July 2006

Year on year declines continued to be the norm for the majority of women’s monthlies, with large decreases in circulation for some titles.Conde Nast’s Glamour stayed in front of the pack as the magazine of choice, although the title’s circulation, of 586,056, was down 3.9% year on year.The largest sales increase for the sector came… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2006:Women’s Monthlies Market Still Volatile

The latest ABC figures for January to June 2006 illustrate that almost all titles in the Teenage Magazine sector have suffered a decline in sales, with some titles forced to close.Hachette’s Sugar suffered the worst actual loss of sales, down by almost 85,000 copies year on year. Its circulation now stands at over 200,000. Emap’s… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2006:Teen Mag Sector Suffers As New Platforms Force Closures

The latest ABC results for the six months to June 2006 show that some of the biggest titles in the men’s magazine sector are suffering declining sales.The biggest percentage decline in the men’s market was that of Maxim, which saw sales fall 35.8% year on year, although this was not the biggest decline in real… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2006:Men’s Magazines Suffer Declining Circulations

Take A Break remains the leading title in the Women’s Weekly magazine sector, with latest ABC figures for the six month period to June 2006 revealing the publication to have a circulation of nearly 1.1 million copies.Despite having lost sales of more than 118,340, a drop of almost 10% year on year, the H Bauer… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2006:Mixed Results Revealed For Women’s Weekly Market

The Home Interest magazine sector has seen a mixed bag of results in the latest release of ABC figures for the six-month period to June 2006, with some titles losing sales and others boosting circulation.Quarterly title, Homebase Ideas, which is sold in-store and mailed to customers, has the largest circulation in the market at just… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2006:Home Interest Magazines Report Mixed Bag Results

The latest ABC results for the TV listings sector show that only two titles have recorded circulation increases in the six months to June, both from H Bauer Publishing.TV Choice saw the largest increase in sales in the TV listings market, with an 11.2% rise year on year (an actual rise of 130,151), taking it… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2006:Decline For TV Listings And Mixed Results For Soap