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Daily Newspaper MarketThe majority of Britain’s daily national newspapers saw declines in readership during the six months to October, with only the compact quality titles managing to increase their audiences.The Independent notched up the largest increase, adding 21.2% to its total year on year, which now stands at 708,000. Elsewhere, the Times added 11%, while… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: October 2005

The latest figures from internet research specialist Nielsen//NetRatings show online career and employment sites in bloom, as a quarter of all European internet users report using the internet to look at job websites between July-September.In the same period, 43% of Europe’s online population were seen visiting the websites of universities. Overall, 68 million internet users… Continue reading Online Round-Up: Job Seekers Make Career Move Online

Daily Newspaper MarketThe daily newspaper market saw a tumultuous month in November, with several quality titles managing to increase sales year on year, while both the mid market sector and the popular market suffered downturns across the board.The Guardian managed the largest increase in circulation year on year, adding 6.3% to total 401,029. However, the… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: November 2005

October saw a poor month for commercial broadcasters, with their share of viewing slipping on last year’s levels. ITV1 had the largest downturn of 1.6% points.At the same time, BBC1 increased its share in both all homes and digital homes, putting pressure on the commercial broadcasters in the run up to Christmas.All ViewingOut of the… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – October 2005

ITV had a steady performance this October and saw its revenue increase 1% on last year’s values, pushing the total to £176.3 million for the month. ITV launched their male-orientated digital channel ITV4 at the end of the month, with the opening night showcasing Champions League football, a re-make of Kojak and the classic film… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – October 2005

Daily Newspaper MarketBritain’s daily newspaper industry looked depressed during October, with the market as a whole shedding just under 3% from circulations.There were depressed circulations across the board in both the mid market and popular sectors, although the quality market provided a glimmer of hope with all three compact titles seeing year on year increases.Newest… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: October 2005

The nation’s terrestrial broadcasters put in a disappointing performance during September, with all but ITV and Channel 4 suffering a downturn in viewing share year on year.Channel 4 managed to add 0.76% points in all homes, and 1.26% points in digital homes, while ITV posted an increase of 0.24% points in digital homes alone.Other broadcasters… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – September 2005

The unstoppable march of digital radio led to some healthy increases in weekly reach for the nation’s national digital stations, with the BBC’s wide ranging portfolio reaping particular benefits.The Corporation’s comedy and drama station, BBC 7, notched up particularly impressive listening with an increase of 56.19% year on year, pushing its audience to 631,000.BBC music… Continue reading Digital Proves Popular As Listening Increases

The BBC retained its position over commercial radio in Q3 2005, with the latest set of RAJAR figures showing the Corporation holding on to its position as market leader across national stations.However, local commercial stations outperformed the BBC in terms of share of listening and average hours per listener.Share of ListeningThe UK’s national commercial radio… Continue reading BBC Retains Position As Britons’ Favoured Listen

Heart 106.2 took the lead in the London market during Q3 2005, increasing both its weekly reach and share of listening to secure the top spot, according to the latest RAJAR data covering Q3 2005.The station’s astonishing increase of 14.91% period on period gives Heart a total weekly reach of 1.91 million, while its share… Continue reading Heart Takes The Lead In London