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Web traffic to the blog pages of the top 10 online newspapers in the US grew 210% year over year in December, according to new research from Nielsen//NetRatings. The overall unique audience growth to these online newspapers was 9% year over year. Unique visitors to blog pages accounted for 13% of their December 2006 internet… Continue reading Online Traffic To US Newspaper Blog Pages Increases

Daily Newspaper MarketBritain’s national newspapers suffered a slump in readership year on year for the six-month period to November 2006, with Daily titles dropping almost 5% overall and the Sunday market feeling a 3.3% total fall.The Daily Telegraph and the Independent were the only Daily titles to boost their readership, whilst all other papers in… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: November 2006

Daily Newspaper MarketThe nation’s daily newspapers once again saw their overall circulation decline, dropping by just over 3% year on year for December 2006.It was a dismal picture across all sectors, with the Popular titles suffering the most significant losses. The Daily Mirror felt the largest dip, losing around 138,000 issues, or more than 8%… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: December 2006

In December the London Lite closed the gap on thelondonpaper, increasing its circulation by around 5,500 copies from November to December.Meanwhile thelondonpaper suffered a drop of around 14,500 copies over the same period, to leave it with a total circulation of over 410,000, whilst the London Lite‘s grew to over 400,000.The Evening Standard once again… Continue reading London Lite Closes Gap On thelondonpaper

It was a difficult year for the Press industry in 2006, with ever-declining circulation and readership figures, a freesheet war on the streets of London and new media platforms forcing titles to close.The year began with three of the nation’s daily titles cutting their cover price. The Daily Express lopped 10p from its cover price,… Continue reading End Of Year Round Up: Press

The introduction of the new London freesheets was the most important media event of 2006, according to MediaTel NewsLine’s first End of Year Poll.The battle between the new free titles in the summer (see Lunchtime News War Starts Today), proved to be the most significant media event of the year according to NewsLine readers, taking… Continue reading London Freesheet Battle Was Most Significant Media Event Of 2006

Daily Newspaper MarketReadership figures for national daily newspapers in Britain have fallen year on year for the six-month period to October, slipping by more than 5%.All titles in the Mid-Market and Popular sectors were down, with just the Daily Telegraph and the Independent in the Quality sector boosting their readerships.The Sun remained the most read… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: October 2006

Daily Newspaper MarketNational daily newspapers saw their readership figures fall year on year for the six months to September, sliding 5.2% overall, with the Popular and Mid-Market titles all suffering declines.The Daily Star saw the largest percentage decrease in readership, losing almost 17%, or almost 300,000 readers, whilst the majority of the Quality titles actually… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: September 2006

Daily Newspaper MarketDaily newspapers in the UK saw an almost 4% decline in circulation year on year for November, with all but one of the titles across the board seeing circulation figures fall.In the Quality sector, the Times felt a year on year slide of more than 37,500 copies, whilst the Daily Mail in the… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: November 2006

The Evening Standard continues to feel the effects of the London freesheets, dropping 3.4% of its circulation from October to November.The paper once again saw a fall in its total figure month on month, down almost 9,500 copies to leave it with a circulation of almost 272,500.Thelondonpaper appears to be winning the battle on the… Continue reading Evening Standard’s Circulation Slips As Freesheets Add Issues