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October was a good month for the Evening Standard, with the title enjoying a 3% month on month increase in circulation.The Standard now has a total circulation figure of just under 307,000 copies.Morning business freesheet City AM saw its distribution figure rise by just under 1% in October, to over 101,000 copies.The afternoon freesheets London… Continue reading Evening Standard’s circulation up in October

Daily Newspaper MarketThe national daily newspaper market suffered an overall circulation fall of 5.1% year on year in October.The only daily national title in our analysis to enjoy an increase in circulation was the Financial Times, up 0.5% year on year.There was a large year on year fall for the Independent, down 16.3%. National Newspaper… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: October 2008

The Daily Star has cut its cover price by 15p to just 20p, making it the cheapest national daily newspaper.The price cut makes the title 30p cheaper than the Daily Mail, 20p cheaper than the Daily Express and Daily Mirror, and 10p cheaper than The Sun.The Sun slashed its national cover price to 30p in… Continue reading Daily Star slashes cover price

News International is set to re-launch its Sunday Times Magazine supplement with a new TV, press and outdoor advertising campaign.The re-launch, which follows on from the Sunday paper’s redesign earlier this year (see Sunday Times Set For Full-Colour Relaunch), will feature a revamped front cover, more features and investigations, a more image-focused contents page and… Continue reading Sunday Times Magazine relaunches with ad campaign

US newspaper websites attracted more than 68.3 million unique visitors on average (41.4% of all internet users) in the third quarter of 2008, a record number that reflects a 15.8% year on year increase. According to figures from Nielsen Online for the Newspaper Association of America, newspaper website visitors generated an average of just over… Continue reading US Newspaper Websites Get Record Number Of Unique Visitors In Q3

The Daily Mail is understood to be considering a bid for the Independent and it’s sister title, the Independent on Sunday.A deal between The Daily Mail & General Trust and Independent News & Media could happen because of the mounting pressure against the loss-making Independent titles, according to a report in the Observer.Independent News &… Continue reading Daily Mail could make bid for the Independent

Brad Little has been confirmed as a panellist for the second session at MediaTel Group’s Future of Online Seminar, which is taking place on November 25.As Industry Solutions Leader, Little works across a range of disciplines including word of mouth through Nielsen’s Buzz Metrics.Little joins Google’s Dominic Allon and Nick Suckley from agenda 21 to… Continue reading Nielsen’s industry solutions leader confirmed on MediaTel Online panel

The Economist has appointed Phil Cutts, former head of marketing at the PPA, to head of research in its ad marketing division.Cutts will be responsible for the news magazine’s syndicated surveys and online reader panels, working closely with the sales team, and reporting directly to the head of operations Alan Dunachie.His role at the PPA… Continue reading The Economist appoints Phil Cutts

Marie O’Riordan has announced that she will step down as editor of the women’s monthly magazine, Marie Claire, at the end of the year.O’Riordan took over as editor of the IPC title in May 2001, after working for Emap on youth titles Bliss, J17, Look and Minx.IPC confirmed her departure and said they have already… Continue reading Marie Claire Editor Stands Down

The FT Group’s parent company, Pearson, reported an 11% year on year rise in total revenues for the first nine months of 2008 in a trading update today.The group also enjoyed a 1% increase in advertising revenue over the same period, rising above the general downward trend that the newspaper sector has seen in its… Continue reading FT Group Reports 11% YoY Revenue Rise