February was a good month for commercial television channels, with just ITV Breakfast seeing a very small decline in revenue.
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Guardian.co.uk was the only online news platform to record any significant growth in February, while the MailOnline lost over half a million daily browsers.
The latest ABC regional newspaper results reveal an relatively stable picture for most of the top performing groups and titles, but a -35.7% decrease for Newsquest Midlands South lost the group an average of 103,500 copies.
The Guardian and the ‘i‘ record small year-on-year increases in the latest ABC figures, as the Sun’s monthly figures slide -7.4%.
Readership figures for print and online show how the Daily Mail continues to dominate, as the Daily Express and the Guardian see strong growth; but bad news for the Financial Times which was down almost 30% on the previous period.
The latest NRS national newspaper figures once again paint a sorry picture for print, with no titles recording any growth in readership at all for the period January to December 2013.
Total Satellite was up a huge 48% on December – while Channel 4, which saw only a slight increase in December, reported a lift of almost 30% to secure over £42 million – almost £10 million more than January 2013.
The latest ABC results reveal a positive start to the year for all online news platforms, with Mirror Digital Group up 21% and the Independent recording the strongest in the quality market.
Highlights from January’s TV schedule include Sherlock, The Musketeers and the return of Birds of a Feather after 16 years.
The majority of national newspaper titles were up in January with the Sun and Sun on Sunday looking strong – and after extending its reach into Zone 6, the London Evening Standard recorded double-digit growth for the month.