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The London Evening Standard has pulled out from ABC’s monthly national newspaper audit, repositioning itself as a regional title for future circulation reports.The Audit Bureau of Circulations confirmed today that the Evening Standard has decided to withdraw from it national listings, instead reporting regional figures.However, the Evening Standard plans to continue reporting monthly circulation figures,… Continue reading Evening Standard pulls out of ABC audit

The penultimate Torchwood – Children of the Earth pulled in the highest ratings during the all-important 9pm to 10pm slot last night with more than 6.2 million peak viewers.The Doctor Who spin-off, starring John Barrowman, attracted 6.2 million average viewers and a 27% audience share in the middle of BBC One’s peak run.BBC One secured… Continue reading Overnights: Penultimate Torchwood secures 6.2 million viewers

Daily Newspaper MarketThe daily newspaper market was up by almost 1% period on period in June, although it was down by 2.5% on June 2008, according to the latest ABCs.The Daily Star managed to record the strongest year on year circulation increase in June and was also up period on period. National Newspaper ABC Figures… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: June 2009

The latest ABC figures show that the London Evening Standard‘s circulation was up by around 12% month on month in June, taking its total to an impressive 236,075 copies.Looking at the afternoon freesheets, the London Lite saw its distribution remain static period on period at just under 401,000 copies, while thelondonpaper was down by around… Continue reading Evening Standard’s circulation up 12% month on month

Telegraph Media Group has revamped its mobile site to give readers access to Telegraph.co.uk and Telegraph TV.The new-look site, m.Telegraph.co.uk, now offers Telegraph TV content and features a site-wide mobile search function as well as improved usability.The mobile site will also offer new ad formats to commercial clients, including banner placements, Google Ad sense and… Continue reading Telegraph revamps mobile site

The New York Times is set to charge users a monthly fee to access its website, although it has reportedly ruled out micro-payments.The title launched a survey asking its print subscribers for their opinions on the proposed $5 (£3) a month payment for its online content, which will include articles, blogs and multimedia.It asked: “How… Continue reading New York Times considers paid-for model

Our weekly columnist Raymond Snoddy attends a London Business School conference on the future of on-demand television, where “the evidence is starting to pile up in support of evolutionary, rather than revolutionary changes to viewing behaviour”… Paddy Barwise takes no prisoners when denouncing “the digerati” – those who insist on predicting the death of conventional, or… Continue reading Linear TV still going strong

BBC One’s five-part Torchwood – Children of Earth series continued to secure the highest peak-time ratings last night with almost 6 million viewers.The Doctor Who spin-off sci-fi drama, which is due to air every night this week during BBC One’s prime-time slot, attracted 5.8 million average viewers and a 27% audience share between 9pm and… Continue reading Overnights: Torchwood continues to bank the top spot

ITV has unveiled its new Thursday night drama line-up, which will see Coronation Street move from its Wednesday night slot after nearly 50 years.Coronation Street, which has been broadcast on ITV1 on Wednesday evenings since it launched in December 1960, will move to Thursday night as part of the channel’s major overhaul of its popular… Continue reading ITV unveils new drama line-up

News International is set to slash The Sun‘s cover price by a third to 20p in the north of England from Monday to match London and the south-east.The Sun‘s 10p price cut, which will cost NI millions of pounds in revenue, will affect the north-west, Yorkshire and north-east regions.The red-top tabloid’s price has already been… Continue reading Sun to cut its cover price by a third