The latest figures from ABC show that for teenage magazines circulation levels have fallen by over 327,346 over the past year, a 9.7% decrease in sales.Some magazines have fared better than others however, and Mizz, More, Live & Kicking and the recently launched Girl Talk have all experienced growth in circulation. The worst affected magazine… Continue reading EMAP Retains Lead In Struggling Teen Sector
www.beme.comLaunching into an already crowded market, IPC’s web portal for women, beme.com, needed to be different. By the time it finally emerged earlier this month, rival offerings from the Telegraph, Associated New Media and Freeserve had already staked their claim as publishers realised the e-commerce potential of womens’ sites.Where its rivals fall down, however, BeMe.com… Continue reading Web Review: BeMe.com
The latest consumer magazines circulation data, covering the July-December 1999 period, have been released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) this morning. The data are now available in the MediaTel Press database and sector Round-Ups will be available on Newsline throughout the day.Subscribers can access the Press database by selecting “Press” from the drop-down… Continue reading Consumer Magazines ABCs Now Available
The lads’ mag phenomenon which was pioneered by IPC’s Loaded during the late ’90s, and mimicked to greater or lesser degrees by FHM, Maxim and GQ, seems to have finally lost its sparkle. In two consecutive audits now, both Loaded and FHM have seen their circulations tumble year on year.EMAP’s FHM, whilst holding steady period… Continue reading Lads’ Mags Suffer As Bubble Begins To Burst
The latest circulation figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) show few highlights for consumer music magazines. Year-on-year the sector fell 9.8% from 1,831,233 (Jul-Dec 98) to 1,652,254. All of the main publishers in the sector suffered heavy losses on leading titles. EMAP’s Select, Sky and Smash Hits titles fell 21.4%, 24.2% and 18.1%… Continue reading Latest ABCs Show Few Highlights For Music Sector
Joan Lofts has been appointed as the director of broadcasting at ITV2. She replaces Julia Lamaison who recently became ITV’s director of planning and strategy.Lofts has been acting as consultant to ITV on the development of a new children’s channel as well as consulting for a number of media clients including Flextech and BSkyB. Director… Continue reading ITV2 Appoints Director Of Broadcasting
Vodaphone has signed a “ground-breaking” shirt sponsorship deal with Manchester United. Worth £30m, the four-year contract will see the world’s largest telecoms company give special mobile phone and wireless internet deals to supporters of the football club.Current sponsors Sharp will be replaced when the 2000/01 season begins in August. Vodaphone promises to keep fans up-to-date… Continue reading Vodaphone Signs Deal With Manchester United
Women’s monthly titles suffered badly during the six-month period ending December 1999, with 60% of titles showing a decrease in circulation. Prima was toppled from its position as market leader with sales dropping 17%; its replacement was National Magazine Company’s Cosmopolitan which now heads the sector with sales of 470,000.Other titles showing significant decline included… Continue reading New Market Leader As Women’s Monthlies Sector Suffers Decline
BBC Magazines is planning a new glossy for women. Codenamed Project Irma, it will be a lifestyle magazine for ABC1 women which hopes to create a new niche in the market and comes in the wake of other planned launches within the sector (see Feature: Middle Youth Sector Strains As Two More Titles Plan To… Continue reading Newsline Brief
BSkyB has announced plans to discontinue the broadcasts of two services on its analogue satellite platform, in an attempt to drive uptake to its Sky Digital service. From April, pay-per-view film service Sky Box Office and subscription film channel FilmFour will both become digital-only on Sky’s service.Sky yesterday announced that it has sold 2.6 million… Continue reading Sky Drops Analogue Channels To Drive Digital
