The quality market titles, both the dailies and Sundays, were among the biggest losers in readership terms in 2011. The FT saw its readership fall by -12.9% YoY in 2011, while the Times lost 180,000 readers during the one-year period (-11.5%). The Sunday Times also saw its readership drop -10.1% (-297,000 readers).
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The UK’s national newspaper websites saw usage figures increase during January after December’s slump, with almost all audited sites recording a rise, with the exception of The Independent.
Channel 5 enjoyed yet another bumper month of increased revenues in January – up 14.8% on last year. The channel has posted a run of positive results under Richard Desmond’s ownership.
BBC One’s Sherlock and Call The Midwife topped January’s programme rankings with 10.7 million viewers each.
Well here we are again. I am gazing at the 166 page ABC report for consumer magazines. It’s late on a Thursday afternoon and I can feel my eyes zoning out. The last set of results released in the summer solicited the comment from MEC’s press director, Rob Lynam: “I think that’s one of the worst ABCs I’ve ever seen, if not the worse.”
To get a real picture of how the consumer magazine market is holding up, Newsline asked ZenithOptimedia, Maxus, MEC, Carat, MPG Media Contacts and Initiative for their views.
The News & Current Affairs and Business & Finance markets have performed particularly well in this ABC release.Private Eye has added more than 20,000 copies (up 10.1% YoY), while Dennis Publishing’s The Week has increased its circulation by 7,000 copies. Overall, the News & Current Affairs (domestic) sector is up 11.2% on this time last… Continue reading ABC Consumer Jul-Dec 2011: News & Current Affairs
The TV Listings sector had a fairly poor period once again, down -3.4% YoY and -1.3% PoP.
Ideal Home has overtaken Country Living to take the lead in the Home Interest sector, though both titles posted YoY and PoP declines.
The Men’s Lifestyle sector is down -2.5% overall on this time last year but is up 4.9% on the first half of 2011.