IPC has confirmed that its male foodie title Eat Soup has closed. It is thought that its circulation had been around the 15,000 mark while its initial target had been 50,000. The magazine launched last year as a bi-monthly and then went monthly in April.IPC: 0171 261 6575
Easynet, the second largest UK Internet provider, announced yesterday that it expected to break into profit in the final quarter of this year.In its interim results released yesterday, the company reported turnover of £2.48m, up by 62% on the previous six month period, and pre-tax losses of £0.72m, which is a slight improvement on last… Continue reading Easynet Predicts Profits
Telewest has handed over its Cable Adnet advertising sales operation to the Mirror Group’s Mirror Television arm.Mirror TV will now disband Cable Adnet and set up a new outfit called City Television Network, to be headed by Jon Waters who joins from Classic FM. The sales house will handle business for L!ve TV, the cable-only… Continue reading Telewest Ad Division Goes To Mirror Group
The latest ABC figures show strong growth amongst the teenage pop magazines, with Top Of The Pops magazine sustaining an impressive 119% growth, an actual increase of 229,453 copies. Smash Hits follows suit, with an increase of 89% raising its circulation by 181,220.Traditional rivals NME and Melody Maker have both experienced a drop in actual… Continue reading January To June ABCs – Music Sector
Most of the magazines in this sector showed good year on year increases, with Future’s Official Playstation Magazine performing the best. The title saw a growth of over 185% to 146,972 while the next best performer was EMAP’s Sega Saturn Magazine with an increase of 72% to 38,492. Title Jan 96 – Jun 96 Jan… Continue reading January To June 1997 ABCs – Computer Sector
Emap Radio is claiming that it has had success in increasing its reach among the young following the release of the latest Rajar figures.London station Kiss 100’s market share among 15-24 year olds rose from 11% to 15%, 96.9 Viking FM in Hull has seen listening rise by 30% and Rock FM in Preston increased… Continue reading Emap Boasts Improved Youth Listening
The magazine with the greatest circulation increase in the TV Listings sector is yet again the Cable Guide, which saw an impressive increase of 76% (476,232 copies). This has the 4th largest circulation within the group but has seen a steady increase in circulation since its first ABC audit in 1994. Sky TV Guide which… Continue reading January To June 1997 ABCs – TV Listings Sector
In a sector which sees three new additions this period only two titles would appear to be making any headway, namely the club magazines Manchester United Official Magazine and Liverpool FC Official Magazine, the former with a year on year increase in circulation of 36%, the latter with an increase of 30%. The Manchester title… Continue reading January To June 1997 ABCs – Football Sector
The Department of Trade and Industry has decided against referring the planned takeover of Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television by Granada to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission. It is also understood that Mercury Asset Management has agreed to sell its 5% stake in YTTV to Granada.DTI: 0171 215 5972
Titles in the Home Interest Sector have recorded widely differing circulation changes. Inspirations For Your Home continues to build it’s circulation with the highest year on year percentage increase from 86,749 to 111,928 – a leap of 29.03%. The title with the highest recorded increase in actual terms was BBC Homes & Antiques which added… Continue reading January To June 1997 ABCs – Home Interest Sector
