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The Motoring – Buying & Selling magazine market was perhaps one of the worst hit sectors in the today’s ABC release.

Teenage magazines continued to suffer heavily this period, with all titles posting substantial declines.

Music magazines fared badly in the today’s ABC release, with just two titles recording a circulation increase last year.

Home Interest is one of the few sectors to benefit from the current economic climate – with most of the titles in our analysis enjoying an increase in circulation compared with this time last year. The overall market has seen a positive 3.3% year on year upturn.

The post-recession market seems to have had a huge impact on the Women’s Weekly magazine sector, with all but three titles in our analysis seeing their circulations fall over the year.

It is a tale of two business models in the Men’s Lifestyle sector, with free titles taking up the top two positions once again, while paid-for titles struggle to keep the pace.

Condé Nast’s Glamour still tops the Women’s Lifestyle sector with a total circulation of more than 500,000 copies, despite seeing a slight decline in sales over the year.

ABC figures for July to December 2010 show a fairly sorry picture for the consumer magazine market, with many paid-for titles posting declines.

Virgin Media said 2010 was its “best ever” year, with revenues up 5.8% to £3.8 billion.

In response to Raymond Snoddy’s Is there no good news on the local and regional press? article, Steve Niemiec, technical director at Laser Solutions Ltd, says if local media is not to be lost, the major players need to revitalise themselves and start producing products the consumer actually wants…