On the whole, the changes across the women’s weekly magazines sector during Jul-Dec’98 were mostly undramatic. The women’s weekly magazine market is the largest sector in the industry in terms of sales, and currently accounts for over 8.4 million net sales (see Newsline). The total circulation of the titles listed here increased by a very… Continue reading Thumbs Up For OK Magazine!
The new free internet service provider (ISP) launched last week by Tesco (see Tesco Introduces Free Internet Access) will have content provided by Excite as the result of a deal announced this morning. Excite is to develop specially formatted channel content and internet search engines for the service which is being offered to Tesco’s ten… Continue reading Tesco’s Free ISP Signs Content Deal With Excite
The latest July-December circulation figures for film/cinema magazines sees EMAP’s market leader, Empire, record a slight loss in year on year figures, dropping 3.1%. The magazine that is coming on leaps and bounds is Future Publishing’s Total Film, which rises by 13,570 or 25.7%.In the television listings sector the best performance comes from the freely-delivered… Continue reading Empire Slips While Total Film Continues To Grow
MTV has announced the anticipated details of its three new digital television channels (see Newsline). The three channels will be called MTV Extra, MTV Base and VH1 Classic, and are initially expected to launch on Sky Digital by the summer. Distribution for the new channels will then roll out via analogue and digital cable networks… Continue reading MTV Announces Three New Digital Channels
The latest July-December circulation figures for film/cinema magazines sees EMAP’s market leader, Empire, record a slight loss in year on year figures, dropping 3.1%. The magazine that is coming on leaps and bounds is Future Publishing’s Total Film, which rises by 13,570 or 25.7%. In the television listings sector the best performance comes from the… Continue reading Empire Slips While Total Film Continues To Grow
The latest consumer mags circulation data, released by the ABC this morning and covering the period July-December 1998, is now available in the Press database. Full Round-Ups by market sector will appear on Newsline throughout the day. At present, subscribers can access the data and run reports from the Press database.In the men’s lifestyle market,… Continue reading Consumer Magazines ABC Data Now Available
FHM‘s towering domination of the men’s lifestyle magazines market continues with this round of results. However, whilst year on year figures show the title going from strength to strength (up by 16.7%), a six month comparison paints a picture slightly less rosy. Period on period EMAP Metro’s FHM sales were down by almost 24,000 copies.FHM‘s… Continue reading FHM Sales Slip During 1998
IPC Magazines has announced that it is to publish a one-off title called Chat, Crime and Passion on 19 February. The title is to be a 60 page spin-off from Chat magazine, aimed at 18-55 year old women.Originally, around this date a launch was planned for Crime Weekly, the latest release from Cabal Communications, Sally… Continue reading IPC To Publish One-Off Crime Title
The Express on Sunday is to revert back to its old name –The Sunday Express – as from this weekend. The renamed title will feature new sections and a new masthead.Sky magazine has undergone a redesign in an effort to give it a fresher look. New sections have been brought in with the redesign, as… Continue reading Revamps In The Publishing World
The Bartle Bogle Hegarty advertising campaign for EMAP’s new weekly entertainment title, Heat, has resulted in a number of complaints to the ITC. The Commission had by yesterday received just under 200 complaints in reference to the TV commercial, currently being aired (see Newsline).The ad features people in various situations (in the bath, in a… Continue reading Complainants Get Hot Under The Collar Over Heat Ad
