The latest set of circulation figures, released by the ABC today, show a fairly steady performance by ten of the major regional newspapers in the weekly market, with a year on year decline of just 0.5%.The Hereford Times and Croydon Advertiser Series showed the biggest increases in circulation amongst the top ten, rising 1.8% and… Continue reading Regional Weekly Newspapers: Jan-Jun 1999 ABCs
The latest set of circulation figures, released by the ABC today, point to a generally uninspiring performance by the top 10 regional newspapers. Only three of the top 10 regionals – Sunday Mercury (Birmingham) (1.5%), Leicester Mercury (inc Job Finder) (0.4%) and the Evening Herald (Dublin) (0.1%) recorded circulation increases, year-on-year. Top 10 Regional Newspapers… Continue reading Top 10 Regional Newspapers: Jan-Jun 1999 ABCs
There was very little change in the fortunes of the free regional newspapers with only 3 of the top ten titles showing an increase in circulation and the greatest increase being 0.9% (Birmingham Metronews) Title Jan 98 – Jun 98 Jan 99 – Jun 99 Actual Change % Ch Manchester Metro News 300,282 300,270 -12… Continue reading Regional Weekly Free Titles: Jan-Jun 1999 ABC’s
The latest set of readership figures, released by the National Readership Survey (NRS) this week, show an overall decline in readers for the national newspaper market. Of the titles listed here, readership dropped by 3.5% year on year for the February-July 1999 period.The Daily Mail continues to go from strength to strength, outperforming the market… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – July 1999
Year on year comparisons from the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulation (ABC) show that sales in the music magazine market continued to fall with an overall drop in sales of 13%. Only Ministry and Uncut made significant gains up by 31.1% and 23.4%. The greatest losses were suffered by Smash Hits which… Continue reading Music Magazines’ Circulations Continue To Fall
Most titles in this sector showed a decline in sales for the period yet the overall average was up, year on year. This was mainly due to a number of new magazines launched in the past year – 25 Beautiful Homes, BBC Good Homes, Feng Shui For Modern Living, Living etc and Real Homes.Time Warner’s… Continue reading Decline In Home Interest Magazine Market
The latest magazine circulation figures, for the January-June 1999 period, show that the computing, games and internet market is currently burgeoning with a growth of over 14.1% from the titles listed here. This is in stark contrast to the men’s and women’s monthlies sectors, which have both fallen into decline according to these latest figures… Continue reading Computing Sector Shows Strong Growth Whilst Lifestyle Monthlies Are Failing
The undoubted highlight, from the latest Film & Cinema ABCs, is the continued rise of IPC’s Uncut magazine. For the second successive period (see Newsline) it has recorded a rise of over 20% in total average net sales. Uncut‘s latest figure (Jan-Jun ’99) of 44,514 represents a 23.4% increase, year-on-year. Market leader, Empire retains an… Continue reading Uncut Records Second Successive Period Of Growth Over 20%
The last six months have seen a significant decline in sales for most titles in this sector with 90% showing a decrease in circulation. Prima held its position as market leader in the sector despite its net sales falling by 46,098 (8.7%) to 485,580 on same the period last year.Women’s Monthly Magazines ABC YoY Comparisons… Continue reading Women’s Monthlies Suffer Widespread Sales Decline
Year on year comparison for the women’s weekly magazine sector show continued increases in the number of sales. During the January to June ’99 period net sales within the sector were up to just over 8.2 million. The total circulation of the titles listed here have increased significantly by 63%, although this was again due… Continue reading OK Continues To Outperform Its Rivals
