There is now a set of tables available to subscribers showing the overall performance of each magazine publishing group in the January-June 2000 ABC’s, released last week. Attic Futura, Natmags, H Bauer, Future, Emap and Dennis all showed overall annual growth in their portfolios over the period, with H Bauer, Future and Dennis showing the… Continue reading Jan – June 2000 ABC’s – Performance By Publisher
The following tables show the overall performance of each magazine publishing group in the January-June 2000 ABC’s, released last week. Attic Futura, Natmags, H Bauer, Future, Emap and Dennis all showed overall annual growth in their portfolios over the period, with H Bauer, Future and Dennis showing the highest growth.IPC saw a 3.7% decline in… Continue reading Jan – June 2000 ABC’s – Performance By Publisher
Recent launches dominated the gaming market in the first half of 2000, with 6 titles reporting for the first time. Nintendo magazines suffered badly at the expense of the more popular Sony Playstation and Sega Dreamcast, according to the latest ABC figures for the six-month period to the end of June.Nintendo Pro lost almost two… Continue reading New Launches Steady Volatile Gaming Market
This October digital television will be two years old in the UK following the launch of BSkyB’s Sky Digital service in 1998. The last time Newsline looked at digital TV viewing (see Feature: Terrestrial Stations Lose Out As Digital Gains Ground) Sky had signed up just over two and a half million subscribers to its… Continue reading Feature: Pay-TV Channels Account For Almost Half Of All Viewing In Digital Homes
The BBC is thought to be considering the possibility of setting up a unit dedicated to the co-ordination and control of business sponsorship for events suffering from lack of funds.Sponsorship of BBC output is a sticky issue, as some believe it could lead to the gradual introduction of advertising across the corporation. Current guidelines mean… Continue reading BBC May Create Sponsorship Unit To Save Ailing Events
The end of last week saw the release of the Audit Bureau of Circulation’s (ABC) latest set of figures. Major magazine publisher Emap saw a mixed set of results, including a good performance from Elle magazine despite a fall overall in the women’s monthly sector (see Women’s Monthly Titles Take Another Tumble), but in the… Continue reading Sharewatch
The latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulation’s (ABC) show a little improvement for consumer music magazines. Year on year the sector fell only 0.5%, an improvement from the 9.8% drop in the previous report. However, the main publishing companies yet again showed drops in circulation with Emap’s Sky the greatest casualty, falling 46.3%… Continue reading Dance Titles Keep Music Sector’s Head Above Water
The film magazine sector rose significantly for the six-month period to June 2000, up 207% year on year, according to the latest ABC figures. Emap’s Empire has recorded the best performance of any title, with a 15% year on year rise in total average net sales.The next best performance came from Uncut which increased by… Continue reading Emap’s Empire Rises But IN2FILM Conquers All
Women’s monthly magazines took a tumble during the six-month period ending June 2000, with over 50% of titles showing a decrease in circulation, according to the latest ABC figures. Prima, which lost its position as market leader in the previous ABC report, took another 17% fall and is now at fourth place in the sector.… Continue reading Women’s Monthly Titles Take Another Tumble
Shares in Cordiant Communications remained unchanged despite posting a record set of interim results yesterday (see Cordiant Reports Profits Up 66%). The group also confirmed speculation this week that it had been approached by US-based group True North over a possible takeover bid, but said no formal discussions on the subject were taking place.Elsewhere, all… Continue reading Sharewatch
