2019 was a mixed bag for the home interest titles – and although the majority of the market was down, 15 titles recorded circulation growth.
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Freebie Stylist, the flagship title of the Stylist Group, held steady at 403,900, as did Conde Nast’s Vogue (192,200), Tatler (79,100) and Hearst’s Harper’s Bazaar (116,400).
The women’s weeklies market is in terminal decline with all titles recording both period-on-period and year-on-year declines for two consecutive quarters.
Despite Christmas usually giving the TV listings market a festive boost, only two titles recorded any growth in the final six months of 2019 – while every title was down year-on-year.
Indy agency The Specialist Works has hired Kevin Kirby as group online media director as part of ongoing changes to the group management structure of the business.
Research and strategy consultancy MTM has announced that managing partner and co-founder Jon Watts will be stepping back from everyday involvement in the company.
Based in London, Bannerman will take up the role from April 2020, with his appointment completing Wavemaker’s new client leadership structure. He will join Anna Hickey and Alex Altman who both share the same title.
Indy agency Great State has appointed Jinny Mitchell-Kent as its first chief operating officer, strengthening the agency’s management team.
The winners of the 2020 Mediatel Media Research Awards are to be announced later today during a prestigious ceremony at central London’s Banking Hall.
Discovering that brand-safety keyword blocking was excluding him and the LGBT+ community from seeing advertising “hurt more than getting blown up in Iraq”, a former SAS soldier turned ad man said this week.
