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According to The Media Audit, a syndicated survey of both online and traditional media in more than 80 US markets, the web sites of America’s newspapers are building a commanding lead over other local media web sites. Television and radio are lagging in a market which sees newspapers attracting to their web sites, an audience… Continue reading US Newspapers Winning The Battle For Web Audiences

Month On MonthThe latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) show national newspaper circulation decreasing by 1.5% during December 2000. All but seven titles slipped in a month on month analysis.The Independent and Independent on Sunday saw the sharpest falls across the period, the Independent falling 7.3% to 223,000 while its sister title… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – December 2000

NRS figures for the six month period ending November 2000 show newspaper readership continuing its decline. National titles lost 3m readers, or 4.6% of their readership, in an overall year on year analysis.The Times took the greatest tumble, losing 18.2% of its readership, or 330,000 readers, as it continued its downward spiral. Telegraph titles also… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round Up – November 2000

Month On MonthThe latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) show an overall increase of 1.9% in national newspaper circulation during the month of November. However, most titles recorded a drop in sales across the period.The greatest gains came from Sport First, which added 4.7% – almost 4,000 readers – to its circulation… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – November 2000

News International’s stable of newspapers has begun to tighten its belt as fears over a slowdown in advertising revenue mount. According to reports in the Financial Times, executives at the Times, the Sunday Times, the Sun and the News of the World have set out a budgeting programme which includes a freeze on new hirings.… Continue reading Ad Slowdown Fears Hit Newspaper Publishers

According to the latest data from the NRS, the national newspaper sector has declined by 6% year on year, with all but one title – the Financial Times showing an annual decline in readership.The FT‘s performance amounted to the addition of 27,000 readers – a 4.4% increase. This number of readers is small change compared… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – October 2000

Month on MonthThe latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) show that sales of national newspapers fell by 1.2% during the month of October, effectively cancelling out the gain in overall circulation which occurred during September.The biggest losses in month on month analysis were seen at high ranking popular title the Sun, where… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – October 2000

The latest long-term forecasts from the AA indicate that consumer magazines will enjoy a healthy decade to come with a predicted revenue increase from £655m in 1999 to £1096m in 2012 According to the report “consumer magazine share [of total advertising] is forecast to rise at the expense mainly of television and newspapers, with the… Continue reading AA Predicts Healthy Outlook For Magazines

NRS figures for the six-month period to the end of September show most titles losing readers. Overall the national newspaper sector was down 5% compared to the same period last year, a loss of 3m readers.The Times again saw the worst fall, losing 18% of its readership. The title has been shedding readers throughout 2000… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – September 2000

Consumers continue to use old media to find information about the internet, according to new research from the Telegraph Group. More than half of respondents said that they were as likely to ask friends or consult newspapers to find out information on the internet as they were to use the net itself. Newspapers were the… Continue reading New Media Still Relies On Old Media, Says Survey