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Music magazines fared badly in the today’s ABC release, with just two titles recording a circulation increase last year.

Home Interest is one of the few sectors to benefit from the current economic climate – with most of the titles in our analysis enjoying an increase in circulation compared with this time last year. The overall market has seen a positive 3.3% year on year upturn.

The post-recession market seems to have had a huge impact on the Women’s Weekly magazine sector, with all but three titles in our analysis seeing their circulations fall over the year.

It is a tale of two business models in the Men’s Lifestyle sector, with free titles taking up the top two positions once again, while paid-for titles struggle to keep the pace.

Condé Nast’s Glamour still tops the Women’s Lifestyle sector with a total circulation of more than 500,000 copies, despite seeing a slight decline in sales over the year.

ABC figures for July to December 2010 show a fairly sorry picture for the consumer magazine market, with many paid-for titles posting declines.

In response to Raymond Snoddy’s Is there no good news on the local and regional press? article, Adam Isherwood, owner of www.seeitonthenet.co.uk, says giving classified advertisers what they want is the way forward for local papers…

In response to Raymond Snoddy’s Is there no good news on the local and regional press? article, Steve Niemiec, technical director at Laser Solutions Ltd, says if local media is not to be lost, the major players need to revitalise themselves and start producing products the consumer actually wants…

Apple and Google go head to head with two new rival payment systems, which enable publishers to charge for access to online newspapers and magazines.

Raymond Snoddy says the picture is not entirely bleak but it really helps when those owning and running local and regional newspapers actually believe in their future…