The Consumer Press titles that chose not to take part in last week’s first ever concurrent release of ABCs have begun to release their figures. Not surprisingly the majority of these titles have recorded falls in circulation against last year. Jan-Jun’95 Jan-Jun’96 %Ch Actual Change DC Thomson & Co Catch (Closed) 53,817 44,949 -16.47 -8,868… Continue reading Jan-Jun ABCs – Late Releases
Commercial Radio has grown strongly in the second quarter achieving £292.3 million up to June 1996, giving it an increase of 18%. Compared to the same quarter last year there has been an increase of 16.5% when spending reached £77.2 million..Revenue from national advertisers has also continued to grow more quickly with an annual growth… Continue reading Radio Revenue For Q2 In 1996
Jul’96 Year on Year Comparisons Title July’95 July’96 % Ch Actual Change Daily Telegraph 1,059,503 1,052,003 -0.71 -7500 Financial Times 284,280 297,194 4.54 12914 Guardian 392,638 392,971 0.08 333 Independent 299,744 268,527 -10.41 -31217 Times 655,832 753,784 14.94 97952 Daily Express 1,254,309 1,219,104 -2.81 -35205 Daily Mail 1,809,661 2,069,348 14.35 259687 Evening Standard (London) 433,662… Continue reading National Newspaper ABCs
The Telegraph will be launching an on-line lifestyle magazine to complement its current Internet service, The Electronic Telegraph.Etcetera will go live next week and will contain arts and books, interviews, food & drink and features. The launch will be aimed at attracting 18-34 year olds with material drawn from both the Daily Telegraph and the… Continue reading Telegraph Launches On-Line Magazine
According to RAJAR figures released today, BBC Radio listening has decreased over the first two quarters in 1996 from 50% to 48.6%. Commercial radio now has 49.6% of the share which is only slightly more than BBC Radio. Weekly reach between the two sectors is also close with the BBC at 58% and Commercial at… Continue reading Q2 RAJAR Figures: Commercial Radio Edges BBC
Quarter 2 Rajar figures released today show that, amongst all local commercial radio stations, audience share dropped to 38.5% from 38.8% last year, with weekly reach standing at 49%, a drop from last year’s figure of 50%. People are also listening for less amounts of time to local commercial stations: the average hours per listener… Continue reading Q2 Rajar Figures: Local Commercial Stations
On the back of strong six month financial results Reed Elsevier has announced that it has bought Tolley Publishing, a supplier of business information to UK tax and legal markets, from United News & Media for £100m. Pre-tax profits at Reed rose 12% to £416m, with turnover increasing by 7% to £1.7 billion.It was known… Continue reading Reed Buys United News Subsidiary
Channel 4’s controller of arts and entertainment Stuart Cosgrove has increased his team of commissioning editors to create a new Entertainment Group, with Graham K Smith joining C4 as a commissioning editor for the new set-up.Smith has previously worked as a producer for both C4 and BBC2 and has been a director of production company… Continue reading C4 Creates New Entertainment Team
IPC Magazines’ Weeklies has announced the appointment of David Greene as circulation director for all IPC magazines. Mr Greene’s former role covered Weeklies and Southbank Publishing Group but now includes the Specialist Group.Linda Lancaster-Gaye, managing director of the Specialist Group, recognises the importance of the role: “The circulation mix in the Specialist Group is a… Continue reading IPC Extend David Greene’s Role
ITV is claiming that its viewers remained loyal to the special schedule it produced during the Olympic Games.According to its research, ITV increased its lead over BBC1 during peaktime for both weeks compared with the spring/summer average. In the second week initial data indicates a strengthening of ITV’s peaktime lead to 8 share points over… Continue reading ITV Claims Loyal Viewers
