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It was a difficult year for the Press industry in 2006, with ever-declining circulation and readership figures, a freesheet war on the streets of London and new media platforms forcing titles to close.The year began with three of the nation’s daily titles cutting their cover price. The Daily Express lopped 10p from its cover price,… Continue reading End Of Year Round Up: Press

Last year was an eventful one for the UK radio industry, with mixed RAJAR results, declining ad revenues and the second national digital multiplex playing on the minds of relevant industry players.At the beginning of the year, GCap’s 95.8 Capital FM was rebranded as Capital Radio, shifting its music policy towards less repetition and focusing… Continue reading End Of Year Round Up: Radio

Time-shifted and place-shifted viewing were the television buzzwords of 2006, with an increased emphasis on the likes of mobile devices, IPTV, PVRs, VOD and VoIP.Discussion surrounding the imminent digital switchover heightened, ITV suffered its fair share of set-backs and broadcasters panicked over advertising and Ofcom rulings as well as the shifting of viewers from the… Continue reading End Of Year Round Up: Television

November saw viewing shares fall year on year across most terrestrial channels, with ITV1 seeing a dip of almost 2 percentage points.In digital homes, Channel 4 saw the greatest change in viewing share, with an increase of 0.6 percentage points.All ViewingITV1 saw its viewing share fall year on year in November by 1.9 percentage points,… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – November 2006

2006 saw the online industry continue to grow as it sought to establish itself further as a mainstream player.The online advertising market grew year on year reflecting the widespread appeal of the internet.Expenditure for the first half of the year neared £1 billion as the sector looked to close in on Direct Mail, TV and… Continue reading End Of Year Round-Up: Online

Daily Newspaper MarketReadership figures for national daily newspapers in Britain have fallen year on year for the six-month period to October, slipping by more than 5%.All titles in the Mid-Market and Popular sectors were down, with just the Daily Telegraph and the Independent in the Quality sector boosting their readerships.The Sun remained the most read… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: October 2006

Daily Newspaper MarketNational daily newspapers saw their readership figures fall year on year for the six months to September, sliding 5.2% overall, with the Popular and Mid-Market titles all suffering declines.The Daily Star saw the largest percentage decrease in readership, losing almost 17%, or almost 300,000 readers, whilst the majority of the Quality titles actually… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: September 2006

Daily Newspaper MarketDaily newspapers in the UK saw an almost 4% decline in circulation year on year for November, with all but one of the titles across the board seeing circulation figures fall.In the Quality sector, the Times felt a year on year slide of more than 37,500 copies, whilst the Daily Mail in the… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: November 2006

The Evening Standard continues to feel the effects of the London freesheets, dropping 3.4% of its circulation from October to November.The paper once again saw a fall in its total figure month on month, down almost 9,500 copies to leave it with a circulation of almost 272,500.Thelondonpaper appears to be winning the battle on the… Continue reading Evening Standard’s Circulation Slips As Freesheets Add Issues

London Titles         Jan-07 Feb-07 Actual Change (Jan-Feb) % Change (Jan-Feb) Morning Papers                 City AM         82,672 95,053 12,381 15.0 Metro         548,007 542,844 -5,163 -0.9 Evening Papers                 Evening Standard… Continue reading thelondonpaper Pulls Away From London Lite