The latest circulation report from ABC for home interest magazines shows a downward spiral for the sector. Overall the market lost 8.4% of its total sales, an actual loss of 229,000. These losses are nearly twice as much as the previous audit, when 4.5% of its total circulation was wiped out.Leading the market with the… Continue reading Home Interest Sector Continues Its Downward Spiral
The overall trend for the teenage market again showed a decrease in this temperamental sector, with a 7.1% drop in circulation across all titles that was more severe than the 1.4% drop for the previous reporting period.The worst hit titles were the BBC’s Live and Kicking, with a 29.8% fall and BBC stablemate, Top of… Continue reading Teenage Market Slips Further Into Decline
BSkyB has won the right to broadcast all four instalments of the remastered Star War series. The group reportedly paid £12m to secure the rights, which will return to British television for the first time in 12 years.The deal includes the UK TV premiere of The Phantom Menace, the latest Star Wars movie, which was… Continue reading Sky Bags Rights To Star Wars Movies
Men’s lifestyle magazines took a tumble in the final six months of 2000 with established titles in the sector seeing some of the largest falls. The latest circulation data from ABC shows the market fell 0.4% overall during the six month period ending December 2000.Natmags Esquire magazine lost 39% of its circulation, despite a revamp… Continue reading Men’s Lifestyle Titles take A Tumble
Guardian Unlimited is adding a new site to its portfolio this week: Guardian Unlimited Travel. Officially going live today, it includes in-depth and cross-referenced information on travelling in over 60 countries and 80 cities and will use a competition to to win travel prizes as a launch promotion.The site is to be edited by Imogen… Continue reading Guardian And Telegraph Launch New Online Travel Sites
The second half of 2000 saw a further decline in the sales of consumer music titles, according to the latest circulation figures released by ABC. The market as a whole saw a downturn of 5% with the leading teen titles, Smash Hits and Top of the Pops being among the major casualties with losses of… Continue reading Music Mags Continue Downward Slide In Latest ABC Figures
Analysts downgraded their forecasts for the ITV companies once again yesterday, thanks to poor January revenue figures (see Analysts Downgrade ITV Companies Following Poor January Ad Revenue). Granada Media was unaffected, however, rising 3p to £1.77, as was Carlton which ended up 15p at £2.87½. Only SMG showed any sign of weakness, dropping 4½p to… Continue reading Sharewatch
Bauer’s Take A Break continues to stroll ahead in the women’s weeklies market with a massive 501,424 copies in front of its nearest rival, Woman magazine. In the latest ABC data, released today, Take A Break‘s circulation for the six-monthly period ending December 2000 was 1,137,952, which, despite its lead in the sector, marked a… Continue reading Take A Break Retains Its Lead Of Women’s Weekly Market
The women’s monthly magazine sector dropped once again during the six month period to December 2000, but at 2% the fall was less severe than the preceding period. Around two-thirds of titles saw year on year decreases in circulation. The worst hit was Attic Futura’s health title Shine which saw its second severe drop in… Continue reading Women’s Monthly Sector Continues Decline, As Two Thirds Of Titles See Falls
The Institute for Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) has issued its formal response to the Government’s Communications White Paper. It gives cautious approval to plans for a single Ofcom regulator but is disappointed that regulation of the BBC will not be included in its remit.The group wants close consultation on the development of Ofcom and believes… Continue reading IPA Gives Cautious Approval To Ofcom
