Women’s weeklies took a dive in the ABC report for the period Jan – June 2000. The market appears to have slumped with the majority of titles seeing a drop in sales in a year on year comparison.Nothing much has changed with the leader board. Bauer’s Take A Break is down on last year’s figure… Continue reading Take A Break Retains Huge Lead In Women’s Weekly Market
The overall trend within the teenage magazine market was one of decline, with a 1.4% fall in sales across the sector, according to the latest ABC figures. DC Thompson’s Shout was the worst hit, with a 17.1% drop, closely followed by Emap’s J17 which tumbled 16.1%.However, there was good news for Smash Hits, Girl Talk… Continue reading Emap’s Hold On Teenage Market Slips
Month on MonthNational newspapers showed a decrease in sales across the sector of 3.5% for the month of July. Figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) showed that around half of all national titles saw their circulation fall. The most significant exception was Sport First which fought back from a drop in last month’s… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – July 2000
When Newsline interviewed Eve editor Gill Hudson a few months ago (see Interview: All About Eve – Editor Gill Hudson On Launching A New Women’s Title), she wasn’t keen to define an age group for BBC Worldwide’s first foray into women’s glossies. In her first editor’s letter she only goes as far as to say… Continue reading First Issue Review: Eve- Naked Ambition From BBC Worldwide
Advertising revenue for the Sunday titles may be up (see Ad Revenues Up For Sunday Newspapers), but the downward slide in reader numbers shows no sign of abating, as the latest NRS figures for the six month period ending June 2000 show a year-on-year decrease of 5.1%, with the majority of titles losing readers.Having restored… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – June 2000
Month On Month The national newspaper sector saw an overall increase in sales of 0.4% during June, according to the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations. Most titles saw a slight rise in circulation in a month on month analysis, with the only significant loss coming from Sport First, which fell by 19%,… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – June 2000
The latest data from the National Readership Survey (NRS) shows a continuing decline in readership figures, with a year on year decrease of 5.3% across the whole sector. Almost all national daily and Sunday titles recorded a drop in readership over the six month period to the end of May 2000.The most significant falls came… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – May 2000
IPC Media last week signaled a shift in its operations to concentrate on brands and core markets, rather than individual magazine titles. The move follows a very similar reorganisation late last year by rival publisher Emap, which set up dedicated community networks to focus its media on key audience groups rather than bundling them by… Continue reading Feature: Publishers Move Towards “Media-Neutral” Brands
Month On Month Monthly national newspaper circulation figures for May, released by the ABC this week, showed an overall drop in sales of 0.5%. Sport First saw the greatest fall in circulation, down by almost 20% – or 15,925 sales – in a month on month analysis. Sunday Business also performed badly, slipping almost 8%… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – May 2000
A drop in both circulation and readership occurred across the national press market during 1999. Total circulation fell by 1.9% throughout last year, an actual fall of 511,651 sales. The popular papers in both the daily and Sunday sectors lost the greatest sales overall – falling 1.6% and 3.9% respectively. January – December 1999 ABC… Continue reading National Press Market Round-Up – 1999
