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The gaming sector saw a disappointing performance overall during the last six months of 2005, with all but one title seeing a decline in total sales.Future Publishing dominates this market, with the company’s PSW (Formerly Playstation World) the worst hit, with a decline of 37.6% year on year leaving a circulation of 43,708.The publisher’s NGC… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2005:Gaming Sector Sees Dismal Year End

The music magazine market enjoyed a good performance in the latest set of ABC’s, with just two publications dragging the sector down during July to December.Emap’s flagship music magazine, Q retained its crown as the market leader, pushing its circulation up by 3.7% year on year, commanding a circulation of 168,547.Mojo continued to do well… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2005:Music Magazines Hit Right Note For Readers

The women’s weekly magazines market continues to thrive, with the latest set of ABC figures for July to December showing sizeable gains across the market, indicating the nation’s thirst for celebrity news.Natmags Reveal enjoyed the largest percentage increase, pushing its circulation up by 44% year on year, with the title now commanding a circulation of… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2005:Women’s Weeklies Market Fuelled By Gossip

The latest ABC results for the six months to December 2005 show women’s weekly gossip titles OK, Closer and Reveal with impressive sales increases year on year, proving the public’s continuing appetite for celebrity news.Reveal saw the largest percentage increase in the women’s weekly sector, adding a sizeable 44% year on year. The title, which… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2005:Gossip Sees Growth As Weeklies Widen Appeal

Women’s monthlies saw a volatile last six months of 2005, with the latest set of ABC figures for July to December, seeing more declines than rises in circulation, indicating the continued competitiveness in the sector.Once again, Conde Nast’s Glamour held on to its crown as the magazine of choice, with the pocket sized publication achieving… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2005:Women’s Monthlies Market Remains Volatile

The notoriously fickle teen sector looked glum in the six months to December, according to the latest ABC results, with all but one title seeing a downturn in circulation year on year.DC Thompson’s Shout magazine was the only title to increase sales on the same period in 2004, adding 10.3% year on year to total… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2005:Teen Sector Down In The Mouth At End Of 2005

Daily Newspaper MarketBritain’s daily newspaper market continued to look downbeat in January, with circulations slipping by 1.86% year on year to demonstrate the continuing decline facing the industry.Dips in circulation across the board in both the mid market and popular sectors contributed to the sales slip, and despite some healthy rises in the quality sector,… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: January 2006

Digital radio ownership in Britain is continuing to increase, with new figures released today by RAJAR showing 11.1% of adults now own a DAB Radio at home.The increase represents an increase of more than 100% year on year, with just 5.3% of adults claiming to own a digital radio in Q4 2004. However, the increase… Continue reading Digital Popularity Rising As Technology Widens Choices

Digital radio once again stole the crown in RAJAR figures for the fourth quarter of 2005, with sizeable gains in weekly reach seen across the sector.The BBC saw a healthy increase in its drama and comedy station, BBC7, pushing its weekly reach up by 53.45% year on year and attracting an audience of 600,000. BBC6… Continue reading Digital Radio Continues National March

The latest RAJAR data shows the BBC fortifying its position against Britain’s commercial radio broadcasters, increasing its national share and seeing little change in the local market.All BBC’s share of listening now stands at 55.1% following a 1.1% point rise year on year, while All Commercial commands 42.8% after a 1.4% point dip.The BBC is… Continue reading BBC Strengthens Dominance Over Commercial Rivals