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Free titles Shortlist and Sport remain in poll position in the Men’s Lifestyle sector, ahead of paid-for titles Men’s Health and FHM.

The challenging economic climate is still having a huge impact on the Women’s Weekly sector, which is down -11.1% on last year (and -6.9% PoP).

Free title John Lewis Edition remains ahead of Condé Nast’s Glamour at the top of the Women’s Lifestyle sector, despite the handbag-sized magazine clawing back a small 0.8% PoP increase. However, over the year, Glamour is down -11.3% (almost 60,000 copies).

Mark Thompson, the outgoing director general of the BBC, has been appointed as the new president and chief executive of the New York Times.

The UK’s oldest comic is facing closure after 75 years. The Dandy, priced at £1.99, saw its circulation drop to 8,000 in the second half of 2011.

News Corporation made a loss of $1.6 billion (£1.2 billion) in the last quarter, compared with a net income of $163 million in the same period last year.

As Leveson kicks off again, Raymond Snoddy wonders whether a larger remit for Rufus Olins of Newsworks would help sustain newspapers’ economic future…

Abba Newbery, director of advertising strategy at News International Commercial, on how the Olympics can inspire media planners…

In an attempt to boost readers, Time Out London is to become a free magazine. Cutting its price from £3.25 it hopes to increase circulation from 55,000 to a targeted 300,000 a week.Time Out will join a group of magazines and newspapers which have already taken similar steps to rejuvenate the industry. To make up… Continue reading Time Out to become a free London magazine

The National Readership Survey has developed a series of infographics, the first of which (below) details the readership of newspapers and magazines on tablets and e-readers.