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Britain’s men’s magazines continued to see a fierce battle for supremacy in the six months to June, with the latest ABC figures providing year on year analysis of the market’s newest entrants, weekly titles Nuts and Zoo.The new statistics show IPC’s Nuts retaining its lead over Emap’s Zoo, with a total circulation of 304,751. However,… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2005:Mens Weeklies See Strong Increases

The women’s weekly market saw several downturns year on year during the six months to June, with only a handful of titles fending off negative percentage growth.Worst hit was Lady magazine, shedding 10.5% of its circulation year on year to total 34,582. However, several high profile titles were also impacted by the downturn, as IPC’s… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2005:New Launches Boost Women’s Weeklies

The notoriously fickle teenage market saw a large number of titles suffering negative circulation growth in the six months to June, with only Emap’s Bliss managing to buck the trend for decline.The title added a respectable 7.4% to its circulation year on year, which now totals 276,253. The title, which underwent a revamp in the… Continue reading ABC Results Jan-Jun 2005:Bliss Looks Hopeful In Struggling Teen Sector

The online newspaper industry is predicted to enjoy strong gains over the next three years, with new research from US analyst, eMarketer, forecasting revenues to increase to $2.26 billion in 2008, up from $1.03 billion in 2004. The Online Publishing: Focus on Newspapers report claims that consumption of online news is rising, due to increasing… Continue reading Online Newspaper Industry Forecast To Enjoy Strong Gains

Annual consumer expenditure on magazines has topped the £2 billion mark for the first time, reaching £2,031 billion in 2004, increasing by £54 million compared to the same time last year, according to the Advertising Statistics Yearbook 2005. The report, published for the Advertising Association by the World Advertising Research Centre (WARC), claims that consumer… Continue reading Annual Consumer Magazine Spend Hits £2 Billion

Daily Market.The nation’s daily newspaper market continued to perform badly with the sector as a whole losing 2.52% of sales year on year. Overall the market saw just three newspapers increase their circulation, with the Times, Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail managing to push their sales up.The Daily Telegraph retained its position as market… Continue reading National Newspapers Continue To Struggle

Emap’s flagship men’s magazine, FHM, has announced plans to run the FHM Insider Awards, showcasing lifestyle essentials for today’s 18-34 year old man.The event will be sponsored by New Look as it launches its first ever menswear range and coincide with the retailer’s multimedia Autumn brand campaign, “The New Now”.Voting will be driven through FHM.com,… Continue reading FHM Launches Lifestyle Insider Awards

Daily Newspaper MarketThe majority of the nation’s daily newspapers turned in a poor performance in the six months Dec’04-May ’05, with just four titles managing to increase readership. As a whole, the daily newspaper market lost 5.0% readers year on yearQuality Daily TitlesThe Guardian continued to perform well, increasing its readership by a massive 18.4%… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: May 2005

Newspaper publishing group, Trinity Mirror, has increased its group revenue by 1.2% during the first six months of 2005, despite contending with a difficult advertising market, reflecting the slowdown of the UK economy since the beginning of the year.In its interim results published today, the Group revealed operating profit to be up 7.9% year on… Continue reading Trinity Sees Revenues Rise Despite Difficult Ad Market

Daily MarketBritain’s daily newspaper market continued the downward trend seen in previous months with the sector as a whole losing 3.97% of sales year on year.The Guardian saw the biggest circulation loss, dipping by 7.0% year on year, making it the largest loser in the quality titles division.The Daily Telegraph, retained its position as the… Continue reading Downward Trend Continues In National Newspapers