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US newspaper advertising expenditures for the third quarter of 2002 totaled $10.7 billion, a 1% rise year on year, according to preliminary estimates from the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). This ends six quarters of negative growth for the industry. Retail advertising spending rose 2.7% to $5.1 billion and national spend increased by 5.2% to… Continue reading US Newspapers Emerge From Six Quarters Of Revenue Decline In Q3

Total US magazine advertising revenue increased by 7.5% in October to $1.7 billion, according to the latest data from the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). The number of advertising pages for October was 22,387, down 0.2% from last year. In the year-to-date, revenue closed at $13.4 billion – an increase of 2.2% – and ad pages… Continue reading ‘Cautious Optimism’ Seen In Improving US Magazine Revenues

Total revenue among leading US internet publishers grew by an average of 47% in the third quarter as against the same period in 2001, according to a recent study by the Online Publishers Association (OPA). A survey of eighteen major online publishers, including New York Times Digital, Wall Street Journal Online and USATODAY.com, also showed… Continue reading Web Publishers Buoyed By 3Q Revenue Increase

The latest ABC figures for national newspaper circulation during October reveal a rather lacklustre performance for the sector as a whole, which saw circulation decline by 1.8% month on month to just below the 27 million mark.Popular Sunday titles, Sport First and People, bore the brunt of the bad news, with the former experiencing a… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up October 2002

Advertising revenues at many major US newspaper groups have just seen their first quarterly gain after six consecutive quarters of decline, according to estimates by Merrill Lynch. This is consistent with the pattern of recovery that was seen following the recession of 1990-1991, say analysts. Total advertising revenues fell by 9% during the full year… Continue reading US Newspapers Show First Positive Quarter Since Q4 2000

NRS figures for the April to September period of 2002 reveal an overwhelmingly mixed picture of newspaper readership. The overall number of people reading newspapers is seen slightly rising, with a 0.8% growth compared to the same period last year.The broadsheet sector saw some solid performances, as huge news stories such as the anniversary of… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – September 2002

The business to business (B2B) information technology publishing sector saw advertising page volumes decline by 11.5% during September, according to the latest figures from United Business Media (UBM). This represents a slightly stronger market than in August, when volumes dropped by 24.1% (see Technology Advertising Remains Very Weak, Says UBM). UBM’s US technology publishing division,… Continue reading Hi-Tech Publishing Ad Decline Eases Slightly In September

A senior executive from one of the largest newspaper publishing companies in the US had some forthright advice for delegates at the Associated Press Managing Editors (APME) meeting in Baltimore last Friday. William Dean Singleton, vice-chairman and CEO of the Denver-based MediaNews Group, urged editors to concentrate on local news and use the internet to… Continue reading US Newspapers Told To Reach Out To The Community

Trinity Mirror’s revamp of the Mirror and other main national titles is unlikely to result in any substantial increase in circulation, according to analysts at Merrill Lynch. Responding to a Trinity Mirror analyst meeting last night, the broker says that whilst the rationale behind the strategy is sound (adding that something does need to be… Continue reading Mirror Revamp Unlikely To Bear Fruit In Declining Sector, Say Analysts

There was some good news for the US newspaper advertising sector yesterday as two major publishers reported positive results for the third quarter of the year. The New York Times Company (NYTC) talked of a steady improvement in advertising and circulation revenues and posted profits up 35% on ad revenues up 3.6% during September; circulation… Continue reading US Newspaper Groups See Ad Pick-Up In Q3