The start of the summer has seen most newspaper sales decline, with only a few titles bucking the trend according to the latest ABC circulation results.
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While April was a strong month for UK commercial TV broadcasters, just one recorded an increase in network revenue in May, with total terrestrial channels down -3.6% on the previous year.
Britain’s Got Talent, The C-Word and Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell were among some of the most-watched programmes in May.
Telegraph Online was up by 23% in May to close in on the 5 million mark, while a 16.3% rise in average unique daily browsers netted Trinity Mirror Nationals an extra 610,000.
Perhaps as a result of the election, May was a reasonably stable month for national newspapers – with a rare sight of (very modest) growth in the Sunday market. Here are Newsline’s key take-outs.
The Daily Mail continues its unrivalled dominance with a combined print, PC and mobile readership of 29 million, with mobile now accounting for a significantly higher proportion of its readership than print and PC.
The latest findings from NRS PADD, which cover the period April 2014 – March 2015, paint a healthy picture for magazines, with mobile and tablet playing an increasingly significant part in magazine readership.
Starting April with a spring in their step, UK commercial broadcasters recorded healthy increases in revenue, with all but one down on the previous year.
This month saw big audience ratings for ITV with the return of Britain’s Got Talent, Safe House, Ninja Warrior and General Election Leaders’ Debate.
In its second consecutive month of decline, MailOnline was down -2.32%, keeping its total audience under 14 million.