Pearson PLC revealed today its pre-tax results for the half year to June 30 1996. Although sales are up by 20%, figures are generally lower than last year with profit before tax reduced by almost a third. In reaction to the disappointing figures, the Board reflected on last year and noted that profits were earned… Continue reading Disappointing Results For Pearson
Future Publishing hold the largest share in the computer magazine sector with 46% of all circulations, although they publish the majority of computing magazines for all formats (i.e PC,Amiga, Sega, etc).In the PC sector there have been notable decreases particularly with PC Plus (28%). PC Pro is the only title with any significant increase (21%).Console/Games… Continue reading Jan-Jun ’96 ABC Figures: Computing Sector
The Jan-Jun ABCs for the music sector show and overall increase in year on year circulation figures. Classic FM magazine has record the highest increase in circulation, up 94.64% or 18,938 copies. The second highest increase belongs to DMC’s Mixmag which went up by 40.42% or 23,109 copies.The biggest slump in circulation belongs to EMAP’s… Continue reading January To June ABCs – Music Market
IPC, which has the most titles out of all the publishing companies in the women’s monthlies sector, has had a mixed response for the beginning of the year. Titles such as Ideal Home, Marie Claire, Woman’s Own, Family Circle and Woman have all increased in their circulation whereas Eva‘s circulation has decreased by 23.3% and… Continue reading Jan-Jun ’96 ABC Figures: Women’s Monthly Sector
Motoring magazines saw very little change with the Auto Trader series still being the most popular (although it has separate regional titles). Emap have recently launched a new motoring magazine titled Revs *(Emap Revs Up For New Car Monthly) alongside its popular title Max Power (150561 to 180147).Auto Express, published by Express Newspapers, saw an… Continue reading Jan-Jun ’96 ABC Figures: Motoring Sector
The Football magazine market has had a mixed first six months of 1996, with the majority of the older titles recording a drop in the circulation figures in comparison to their 1995 figures. The title that recorded biggest drop in number of copies and percentage change is IPC’s Soccerstars. It has fallen from a Jan-Jun… Continue reading January To June ABCs – Football Sector
Loaded, IPC’s middle of the road magazine, has nearly doubled its circulation figures compared to last year. FHM, Emap’s equivalent to Loaded, also saw its circulation doubled which reflects the popularity of “new lad” magazines.According to speculation, Maxim, published by Dennis Publishing, was expected to have its circulation doubled but only saw an increase of… Continue reading Jan-Jun ’96 ABC Figures: Men’s Magazine Sector
The ITV companies and Channel 4 have said that they generally support the proposals in the Department of Trade and Industry’s consultation paper on ‘The Regulation of Conditional Access Services for Digital Television’.They do however strongly call on the Government to bring in the regulations swiftly to ensure that digital television is properly regulated from… Continue reading ITV Calls For More Digital TV Regulation
Within the gardening sector ABC figures released this morning show that most titles have experienced a decline in circulation. Garden Answers recorded the largest drop, down 17.9% to 138,356 copies, whilst Practical Gardening dropped over 14% to just over 62,000. Gardens Illustrated was the strongest title, with an increase of over 26% to over 48,000… Continue reading Jan-Jun ’96 ABC Figures: Gardening, Golf And Photography Sectors
With all but 4 titles recording a drop in their year on year Jan-Jun ABCs, it would seem that there is a slump in the TV Listings/Entertainment sector. The biggest percentage fall came from Dennis Publishing’s Home Entertainment which fell by 16.23 or 3,595 copies. The biggest fall in copies came from EMAP’s Premiere magazine… Continue reading January To June ABCs – TV Listings & Entertainment
