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Rajar’s latest report presents some great news for commercial radio. Here are the key take-outs, with views from industry experts.

Digital radio has seen a marginal drop in its share of listening since the first quarter of the year, but still claims 56% as the popularity of smart speakers and online listening grows.

Commercial radio has recorded a strong set of results for Q2, while Zoe Ball’s BBC Radio 2 slot begins to see its reach fall. Plus: the London market recovers from a poor start to the year.

Commercial radio has once again smashed its own record and achieved its highest ever weekly reach. Meanwhile, BBC stations take a hit.

The daily market had another tough month, with only two titles bucking the overall downward circulation trend. The Financial Times performed best, increasing by 3.8% in June.

Following a few months of seesawing figures, television revenues had a more stable month in May – recording only minimal changes year-on-year according to UK agency estimates.

The latest cross-platform audience figures reveal an almost universal decline in print readership across the sector, though many titles are successfully offsetting those declines with growing digital reach.

The latest cross-platform audience figures for UK newsbrands show a growth in readership on the whole – although print reach was down unanimously across the market.

The worst performing title was – perhaps surprisingly – the second most popular paper, the Sun. The red top was down -5%, dropping 68,000 copies on April.

Following a string of disappointing results in March, television revenues – as estimated by UK media agencies – performed much better in April.