The Sunday Times is to launch a new stand-alone motoring supplement called Driving as part of its September relaunch (see Sunday Times Plans September Relaunch For Style).The new supplement will replace the existing Motoring section, which appeared in the back of the paper’s current sports section, and is to be edited by Nick Gardner. It… Continue reading Sunday Times Launches New Motoring Section
NRS figures for the February to July period in 2002 reveal a mixed picture for newspaper readership. The overall number of people reading newspapers remains fairly static, with a 0.3% growth compared to the same period last year.Despite the frenzy surrounding the tabloid price war between The Sun and the Mirror, NRS figures reveal more… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – July 2002
The hi-tech, business to business publishing ad market continued to show steep declines during July, with page volumes down by 28.2% year on year. According to the latest statistics from United Business Media’s CMP division, the market has decreased by 47.4% in the calendar year to July 2002 and by 54.3% compared to the same… Continue reading Hi-Tech Business Publishing Ads Remain Weak, Says CMP Media
The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) has released regional newspaper figures for the period January to June 2002. The figures reveal a less than impressive performance for the majority of the top ten paid for regional titles, with circulation declining virtually across the board year on year. Birmingham’s Sunday Mercury experienced the most significant downward… Continue reading ABC Regional Newspapers: Jan-Jun 2002
Newspaper advertising expenditures for the second quarter of 2002 reached $10.9 billion, down 1.8% year on year, according to preliminary estimates from the Newspaper Association of America (NAA). Retail advertising spending was flat in the quarter, off just 0.1% to $5.3 billion. National was down 1.7% to $1.8 billion and classified slipped 4.1% to almost… Continue reading US Newspaper Revenue Down 4.0% In First Half, Says NAA
US magazine readership amongst adults has increased by 5.3% since 1998, outpacing the 4.4% growth in the adult population over the same period, according to the Magazine Publishers of America (MPA) and Mediamark Research Inc. (MRI). Ellen Oppenheim, chief marketing officer and executive vice president of the MPA, notes that this growth comes despite the… Continue reading US Magazine Readership Growth Outpaces Population Rise
The latest round of US newspaper publishers financial results show that advertising revenues are continuing to be weak, particularly in the national advertising sector (see US Papers Continue To Suffer Ad Declines). Now almost all US newspaper companies have published their results, analysts at Merrill Lynch are estimating that the overall July revenues were flat… Continue reading ‘Muted And Uneven’ US Press Recovery Predicted By Merrill Lynch
Advertising revenues at US newspapers continue to be weak, with the latest round of figures from some of the country’s largest publishing groups showing steep declines in national adspend. According to a report from the World Advertising Research Centre, USA Today – the biggest-selling US paper – saw national ad volumes fall by 16.0% in… Continue reading US Papers Continue To Suffer Ad Declines
The figures listed in NewsLine’s ABC reports are those reported by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) as at Thursday 15 August 2002. 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 ABC Jan-Jun 2002 Performance By Publisher (Subscribers)
The figures listed in NewsLine’s ABC reports are those reported by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) as at Thursday 15 August 2002. 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 ABC Jan-Jun 2002 – Women’s Monthly Titles
