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Optimedia UKÂ’s Revenue and Inflation Estimates, published in March 2000, include estimated revenue growth rates for all the major media as far as 2003. As in last year’s edition, Optimedia is the least optimistic about Commercial Radio’s immediate future. Last year’s forecast for 2000 has been upgraded from 6.0% to 9.9%, however the forecast for… Continue reading Optimedia Forecasts

According to figures released by the Publishers Information Bureau this month, US magazine advertising has declined again for the month of August in terms of both volume and revenue. The troubled technology sector saw the greatest drop with revenue from this sector falling by 41% and volume by almost 50%. US Magazine Adspend Comparisons August… Continue reading US Magazine Ad Revenue Shows Further Decline

The latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) show that the national newspaper market as a whole saw a month on month increase of 0.6% from July to August this year.The success story of the month was Sport First which managed a 32.7% increase in circulation, allowing it to overtake fellow sports title… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up August 2001

Magazine publishers have seen sales increase by an average of 18% in the three years to October 2000, according to the latest Business Ratio report as analysed by the Periodical Publishers’ Association (PPA). During the same three-year period average profits increased by 5.5% and pre-tax profit margins dropped slightly to 11.2%. The average periodical publisher… Continue reading Magazine Sales Rose 18% In Three Years To October, Finds Survey

The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) has released regional newspaper figures for the period January to June 2001. The new figures show that the Essex Chronicle has reversed the situation found in the preceding period, by overtaking the West Briton Series as the top weekly title. A year on year analysis shows that the Essex… Continue reading ABC: Regional Weeklies

The NRS National Newspaper figures for the six month period to July 2001 show a year on year drop for the sector of 2.5%, with over half of all titles losing readers year on year.Worst affected was the Daily Express, which saw a 16.8% loss year on year, dipping below the 2m mark to 1.97m.… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – July 2001

The latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) show that the majority of the top ten regional titles saw a year on year decline in circulation.The paper with the highest ABC circulation for the period January to June 2001 was the Manchester Evening News, with 169,312. However, this was a year on year… Continue reading ABC Regional Newspaper Circulation

The teenage magazine market is known for being as unpredictably moody as its target readers and the latest ABC figures show that at the moment its audience is shrinking.Unfortunately publishers cannot simply wait for their readers to grow up. The Office of National Statistics figures for 1999/2000 showed that 7-15 year olds spend an average… Continue reading Feature: Pleasing The Teens

US newspaper advertising revenues for the second quarter of 2001 totalled $11.1 billion, a decline of 8.4% year on year, according to preliminary estimates from the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). This compares US newspaper’s highest Q2 growth ever last year of 6.8%. Retail advertising showed the smallest decline in the second quarter, off 2.2%… Continue reading US Newspaper Revenues Down 6.5% In First Half

The figures listed in NewsLine’s ABC reports are those reported by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) as at Thursday 16 August 2001. Late submissions and changes may be made after this date, and will thereafter be amended in MediaTel’s Press database. For full notes on how NewsLine’s reports are compiled please see Important Notes:… Continue reading Disappointing Period For Men’s Magazine Market