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McGraw-Hill has put its weekly New York-based publication BusinessWeek up for sale.The magazine, which claims to have around 4.8 million readers in 140 countries, lost 30% of its advertising revenue in Q2 this year, according to reports.McGraw-Hill has appointed investment bank Evercore Partners to sell the title, which has almost 190 editorial staff under editor-in-chief… Continue reading BusinessWeek is on the market

The London Evening Standard has pulled out from ABC’s monthly national newspaper audit, repositioning itself as a regional title for future circulation reports.The Audit Bureau of Circulations confirmed today that the Evening Standard has decided to withdraw from it national listings, instead reporting regional figures.However, the Evening Standard plans to continue reporting monthly circulation figures,… Continue reading Evening Standard pulls out of ABC audit

Daily Newspaper MarketThe daily newspaper market was up by almost 1% period on period in June, although it was down by 2.5% on June 2008, according to the latest ABCs.The Daily Star managed to record the strongest year on year circulation increase in June and was also up period on period. National Newspaper ABC Figures… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: June 2009

The latest ABC figures show that the London Evening Standard‘s circulation was up by around 12% month on month in June, taking its total to an impressive 236,075 copies.Looking at the afternoon freesheets, the London Lite saw its distribution remain static period on period at just under 401,000 copies, while thelondonpaper was down by around… Continue reading Evening Standard’s circulation up 12% month on month

Telegraph Media Group has revamped its mobile site to give readers access to Telegraph.co.uk and Telegraph TV.The new-look site, m.Telegraph.co.uk, now offers Telegraph TV content and features a site-wide mobile search function as well as improved usability.The mobile site will also offer new ad formats to commercial clients, including banner placements, Google Ad sense and… Continue reading Telegraph revamps mobile site

The New York Times is set to charge users a monthly fee to access its website, although it has reportedly ruled out micro-payments.The title launched a survey asking its print subscribers for their opinions on the proposed $5 (£3) a month payment for its online content, which will include articles, blogs and multimedia.It asked: “How… Continue reading New York Times considers paid-for model

News International is set to slash The Sun‘s cover price by a third to 20p in the north of England from Monday to match London and the south-east.The Sun‘s 10p price cut, which will cost NI millions of pounds in revenue, will affect the north-west, Yorkshire and north-east regions.The red-top tabloid’s price has already been… Continue reading Sun to cut its cover price by a third

ITN’s multimedia video production operation is set to supply branded video content to the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday‘s website network Mail Online.The new partnership will see ITN On supply celebrity and lifestyle videos, branded news, business and showbiz news as well as film reviews and celebrity interviews to Mail Online.ITN On currently produces… Continue reading ITN to supply branded content to Mail Online

Reed Business Information is selling its B2B travel division, including magazines Travel Weekly and Travolution, to entrepreneur Clive Jacobs.He has agreed to buy the magazines and website Gazetteers.com, as well as associated online services and events, for an undisclosed sum.The former publishing director of Reed Business Information’s travel division, Simon Ferguson, will run the newly… Continue reading Reed Business Information sells B2B travel business

Telegraph Media Group has unveiled plans to trial a new free newspaper in a bid to attract younger, more upwardly mobile readers.The Friday, which will have a distribution of 150,000 copies and will launch in conjunction with Gordon’s gin, is Telegpraph Media Group’s first free title.The Daily Telegraph publisher plans to hand out copies of… Continue reading TMG to launch a free newspaper