News International has applied for the name Fabulous to be a registered trademark in the print and electronic publication category, fuelling speculation that the revamped News Of The World magazine will take on the name.The planned revamp of the magazine will see the title move into a more upmarket space according to reports (see News… Continue reading New Name For News Of The World Mag
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The price of the weekday and Saturday editions of the Guardian has increased by 10p, with the Saturday edition now selling at £1.50, whilst the weekday paper will sell for 80p from today.Following the rise, which came into effect on Saturday, retailers will receive 35.40p per copy of the Saturday Guardian, 23.6% of the cover… Continue reading Guardian Cover Price Increases
Daily Newspaper MarketAugust’s daily national newspaper ABCs show an overall year on year circulation downturn of 2.2%, with only the Financial Times bucking the trend by adding 2.5% to its circulation.In the Quality sector, the Times saw the greatest actual loss of sales at over 36,000 year on year for the month, whilst the Daily… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: August 2007
thelondonpaper remained ahead of the London Lite in August, although it suffered a month on month decline of just over 54,500 copies.Its total circulation now stands at around 495,900 copies, whilst the London Lite has a circulation of almost 406,300 after an increase of over 5,700 copies month on month.The evening paid-for title Evening Standard… Continue reading thelondonpaper Sees Circulation Decline In August
Emap Advertising has announced a major new deal with Debenhams to sponsor the FHM2 supplement available with FHM‘s September issue.Debenhams is partnering with FHM2 – an integral bound in supplement, which explores and expands on a core value of FHM every month – to target its male audience with the aim of positioning itself as… Continue reading Emap Advertising Announces FHM2 Sponsorship Deal
Sunday Telegraph editor Patience Wheatcroft has resigned after 18 months in the job, meaning that the paper has its fourth editor in just over two years.Wheatcroft will be replaced by Ian MacGregor, deputy editor of the Daily Telegraph, who left his job as deputy editor of the London Evening Standard a year ago.No reason was… Continue reading Wheatcroft Resigns As Sunday Telegraph Editor
Total advertising expenditures at US newspaper companies were $11.3 billion for the second quarter of 2007, an 8.6% decrease from the same period a year earlier, according to new figures from the Newspaper Advertising Association (NAA). Spending for print ads in newspapers totaled $10.5 billion, down 10.2% versus the same period a year earlier. Advertising… Continue reading US Newspaper Adspend Declines
The latest regional ABC figures, for January – June 2007, show that all of the top ten paid regional newspaper titles suffered declining circulations for the period.The largest real term decline in the top ten was felt by the Manchester Evening News & The Pink, down more than 30,200 copies year on year.Within the paid… Continue reading ABC Regional Newspapers: Jan-Jun 2007
New research from the Newspaper Society (NS) reveals that the number of regional press websites, radio stations and niche publications grew by between 21% and 25% in 2006.The NS Annual Regional Press Survey, published today, shows the number of websites grew from 828 to 1102. The number of core regional newspaper titles went up slightly… Continue reading Regional Press Websites Increase
Associated Newspapers’ morning freesheet Metro is to have its circulation increased by 250,000 copies.The title’s London circulation will grow by 205,000 copies to over 750,000, whilst eight other city regions will have 45,000 copies between them.The freesheet will also be distributed to 250 new stations in and around London and the south-east commuter belt.The increase… Continue reading Metro To Get Circulation Increase