NRS figures for the May to October period reveal a relatively positive period for national newspaper readership, which increased by 1.2 year on year, to just above the 66.5 million mark.The most activity was seen in the broadsheet market, which appears to be flourishing despite the recent series of coverprice rises. The sector’s biggest increase… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – October 2002
Total US magazine advertising revenue increased 12.6% year on year during November to close at $1.8 billion, according to the latest data from the Publishers Information Bureau (PIB). The number of advertising pages for November was 24,317, up 6.9% on last year. In the year-to-date, ad revenue rose by 3.3% to $15.1 billion, whilst page… Continue reading US Magazines Show Strongest Advertising This Year In November
The latest ABC results for national newspaper circulation reveal a relatively static period for the sector, which saw circulation slip by 0.4% month on month during November.The recently revamped Sunday Times saw the most significant upward movement in percentage terms, with circulation increasing by 3.2% month on month to 1,442,519. The Daily Mirror, which recently… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up November 2002
Regional newspapers are the most popular medium for UK businesses to market themselves, according to Continental Research‘s Autumn 2002 E-Commerce Report, which is launched today. The survey shows that over half a million businesses currently use the regional press for their advertising and that it is especially favoured by small and medium-sized businesses, as shown.… Continue reading UK Business Favours Regional Press For Marketing
Advertising volumes at United Business Media’s (UBM) US technology publishing division, CMP Media, fell by 20% in October, after a 3.6% increase during September (see Hi-Tech Publishing Ad Decline Eases Slightly In September). However, the decline is exaggerated given that there were five weeks in October during 2000 and 2001, but only four weeks this… Continue reading CMP Figures Show Continuing Weakness In Hi-Tech Advertising
The next decade will see more big consumer magazine launches than ever before, according to Tim Ewington, director of specialist media strategy consultancy Human Capital. Writing in FT Creative Business, Ewington argues that publishing companies will be forced to launch new titles as other routes to growth have begun to disappear, whilst competition is increasing.… Continue reading Big Consumer Mags Launches Expected In Next Decade
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
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
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
