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The ABC figures for July to December 2006 show that the Teenage Magazine sector suffered a host of declining circulation figures.Bliss, which was recently bought from Emap by Panini (see Blissful Acquisition For Panini), saw a very large decline, of over 45% year on year, a fall in actual terms of more than 125,000.Also taking… Continue reading ABC Results Jul-Dec 2006:Troubled Times For Teen Magazines

Tickets are selling fast for MediaTel Group’s forthcoming ‘Future of Consumer Magazines’ seminar, which will see top industry figures debating the key issues facing the sector.With recent announcements confirming the session’s panel line-up, the event is set to be both informative and lively. Marc Mendoza, Media Planning Group managing partner, was confirmed as the latest… Continue reading Tickets Selling Fast For Consumer Magazine Seminar

A second stand-alone digital magazine is set to come onto the UK market in March, with NatMags launching an online weekly fashion and entertainment product for teen girls, under the name Project Celia.According to reports in the trade press, the digital only magazine could use CosmoGirl! branding.After discussions with Dennis Publishing, who launched online mag… Continue reading New Online Mag To Launch In March

Daily Newspaper MarketThe start of 2007 signalled another dismal period for the nation’s daily newspapers, with the sector seeing an overall year on year circulation slip of 3.5%.The Popular sector was the hardest hit, with sizeable declines for all titles. The Daily Mirror and the Sun both shed more than 100,000 copies year on year… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: January 2007

January saw thelondonpaper pull away from its big rival London Lite, recording a circulation increase of more than 6% month on month.The London Lite‘s circulation remained relatively static month on month, leaving it with a total figure of more than 400,000 copies, whilst thelondonpaper‘s circulation reached more than 435,000 copies, an additional 109,225 on the… Continue reading thelondonpaper Pulls Away From London Lite

Newspaper circulation is growing and new newspapers are being launched at a remarkable rate, according to new data from the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). WAN says that even in North America and Europe, where negative assumptions about the industry are widespread, both circulation and the number of new titles have increased. Timothy Balding, CEO… Continue reading Global Newspaper Industry Shows Good Growth

Dennis publishing has decided to change the name of its gambling magazine InsideEdge to InsidePoker.Launched in April 2004, and aimed predominantly at sports betters, InsideEdge was the first monthly betting magazine to have a national news stand distribution and the first to have an officially audited circulation figure.The magazine underwent a redesign in May 2005… Continue reading Dennis Renames Gambling Magazine

David Hepworth has been announced as the latest addition to the panel of the MediaTel Group ‘Future of Consumer Magazines’ seminar.He joins fellow panelists Paul Keenan, chief executive of Emap Consumer Media, Stevie Spring, chief executive of Future plc, and media journalist, Ray Snoddy, for what promises to be an unmissable event.As well as being… Continue reading David Hepworth Joins MediaTel Group Seminar Panel

As the release of the July to December 2006 consumer magazine ABCs creeps ever nearer, IPC Media has spawned another women’s weekly title into an already crowded market. But will Look, a glossy femme “bible” saturated with celebs, tawdry high street fashions and body image hysteria, really be a viable commercial success, and will women… Continue reading NewsLine Feature: Look, Another Women’s Weekly

MediaTel Group is gearing up for the next installment in its ‘Future Of…’ series of seminars, with the latest focus on consumer magazines.Shortly after the July to December 2006 ABC data for consumer magazines is released, the UK’s leading online media intelligence company will turn its attention to this ever mutable sector, hosting a lively… Continue reading MediaTel Group Examines Future of Consumer Magazines