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This report on London radio stations has been slightly amended to incorporate the re-release of data from RAJAR for Q4 2007, following weighting irregularities from RAJAR’s contractor RSMB on six monthly reporting stations. Any changes are clearly highlighted in the text and tables (where appropriate).Q4 2007 RAJAR figures show that Magic FM (London) once again… Continue reading Magic FM Still Has Top Reach In London

This report on Breakfast radio listening has been slightly amended to incorporate the re-release of data from RAJAR for Q4 2007, following weighting irregularities from RAJAR’s contractor RSMB on six monthly reporting stations. Any changes are clearly highlighted in the text and tables (where appropriate).95.8 Capital Radio reached the top spot with its breakfast show… Continue reading Capital Radio Scoops Breakfast Top Spot In London

Despite the column inches devoted last year to the rise of Facebook, new figures from Nielsen Online reveal that the fastest growing website in 2007 was actually Beat That Quote.Across 2007, Beat That Quote grew 1,165%, from 31,000 Britons in December 2006 to 392,000 in December 2007.Facebook was the second fastest growing property, up 781%… Continue reading Price Comparison Site Growing Faster Than Facebook

This report on national radio stations has been slightly amended to incorporate the re-release of data from RAJAR for Q4 2007, following weighting irregularities from RAJAR’s contractor RSMB on six monthly reporting stations. Any changes are clearly highlighted in the text and tables (where appropriate).The latest RAJAR figures, for Q4 2007, show that BBC Radio… Continue reading BBC Radio 2 Sees Weekly Reach Decline

GCap Media’s Classic FM has signed Laurence Llewelyn Bowen, Margherita Taylor and Alex James and is introducing a daily jazz show for the first time in its 15-year history.Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, who makes his radio presenting debut with The Sunday Spa. Starting at 9am, the programme will provide two-hours of laid-back classics.Ex-Blur bassist Alex James returns… Continue reading Classic FM Unveils New Presenters

Daily Newspaper MarketBritain’s national daily newspapers reported an overall decline in readership of almost 2% year on year for the last six months of 2007.All dailies, with the exception of the Daily Mail and the Sun, saw a fall in readership, according to the latest NRS data, with the Guardian and the Daily Star reporting… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: July – December 2007

The latest ABC figures show that men’s free weekly title Shortlist had the largest circulation figure in the men’s lifestyle sector, although it just missed its target of 500,000 copies.Shortlist, which launched in September last year (see Free Men’s Mag ShortList Grows), had a total circulation of nearly 463,000 copies (as the title only launched… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2007:Shortlist Falls Just Short Of Circulation Target

A problem has been observed with the RAJAR data for Q4 2007 regarding stations reporting on a Half-Yearly basis, due to weighting irregularities from RAJAR’s contractor RSMB.This means that the data is being reissued by RAJAR. The vast majority of Half-Yearly reporting services are marginally affected, with only a minority experiencing more significant changes. The… Continue reading RAJAR Data Re-Issue

It was a generally gloomy picture in the women’s weekly market, with sizeable declines for several titles and few exceptions to the trend.Take A Break remained top with a circulation of a little over a million for July to December 2007, despite a decline of over 26,000 copies year on year.Celebrity focused title, Heat, reported… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2007: Women’s Weeklies See Sizeable Declines With Few Bucking The Trend

It was a relatively stable and optimistic outlook for the home interest sector, with many titles recording upturns in circulation for the six months to December 2007, according to the latest ABC data.In-store magazine, Homebase Ideas, is the most widely circulated title in the sector at 423,300, following a lift of 1.2% year on year… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2007:Home Interest Sector Reports Overall Optimistic Outlook