Today’s ABC release paints a fairly poor picture for the regional newspaper market, with all but one newspaper group in our analysis posting percentage declines in the July to December period.
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The dawn of 2012 brought a record amount of the UK’s population online, according to the latest data released by online research company UKOM.
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).
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.