The Domestic News and Affairs market has largely seen little change after it completely bucked the downward consumer magazine trend in the last period, ending the year with 8.9% overall growth.
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An overview of performances by publisher, focusing on some of the triumphs and disappointments of the leading consumer magazine publishers over the July to December 2012 ABC period.
The daily newspaper market was up 2.1% January 2013. The Sun performed best, seeing a 5.8% increase on the previous month, bagging an extra 132,000 copies, followed by the Daily Mirror with growth of 2.3% (23,847 copies).
As 2012 came to a close, the UK’s total online audience saw its numbers dwindle slightly, down 244,000 users month on month.
All the headlines and highlights from RAJAR’s Q4 2012 release, including the National, Breakfast, Digital and London markets.
BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6 Music have both seen their highest audience reach figures ever according to the latest Q4 results from RAJAR.
Listening to radio via a digital platform has increased by 9% year-on-year, with 25.2 million people now tuning in via a digitally enabled receiver (DAB, DTV, Online) each week – up from 23.1 million in Q4, 2011.
The Independent online has seen a good level of growth for December 2012 according to the latest data from ABC. With a 13.8% increase on the previous month, the website bagged an extra 117,590 unique daily browsers, bringing its total up to 970,899.
Commercial terrestrial television channels have seen some mixed fortunes in their network advertising revenues for the period December 2011 – 12. Channel 5 saw the biggest drop, down a substantial 14.9%, followed by Channel 4, down -7.2%.
The BBC has an excellent Christmas with Doctor Who, Miranda and Strictly Come Dancing dominating the festive TV battles.