The editor’s letter is always a good place to start a first issue review and thus it’s a good place to begin my applause for this magazine. It’s a refreshing change to begin reading a magazine and not flick straight to the seemingly more obvious section/s – normally involving a young lady wearing only slightly… Continue reading Mondo – First Issue Review
NRS figures for the six-month period ending August 2000 show a continuing decline in national newspaper readership. A 4.1% drop was recorded overall, with most titles reporting a drop in reader numbers in a year on year analysis.The worst fall came from the Times, which has seen a steep decline in its readership since its… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – August 2000
In the latest national newspaper circulations audit from the ABC, the two papers to show the highest year on year percentage growth were both business titles – the Financial Times and the Sunday Business – with circulations up 18.7% and 14.7% respectively. The Sunday Business, admittedly, has a relatively small base circulation from which to… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Doing The Business – How Financial Titles Are Challenging The Circulation Slide
In the latest set of newspaper circulation figures, released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) this week, weekly regional titles showed a fairly steady performance. The top two titles in terms of sales, Cornwall’s West Briton Series and the Essex Chronicle Series continue to jockey for position at the top of the table.For the… Continue reading Regional Weeklies Show Steady Performance In ABCs
The Manchester Evening News retains its position as the country’s biggest-selling regional newspaper, despite a 2.5% dip in its circulation base. Most flagship regional titles reported declining circulations in the latest figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) this week.The steepest fall came from the Belfast Telegraph, which now has new parents following… Continue reading Flagship Regional Titles Record Falling Circulations
Month On Month National newspapers showed an slight increase in sales during August. Overall the sector rose by just 0.9% in a month on month analysis, according to the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) with most titles showing small rises.The exception was Sport First, this month’s best performer, which increased its… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – August 2000
We were expecting a ‘healthstyle’, but assailed with opening page advertisements for BMW and DKNY, Bare looks more like a ‘wealthstyle’. Far from the chirpy, technicolour format of Shine or Zest, John Brown’s latest offering has an earnest, white-space and small print design reminiscent of Frank (uh-oh!) and at least some of that title’s seriously… Continue reading First Issue Review: Bare- ‘Wealthstyle’ from John Brown Publishing
NRS figures for the six month period ending July 2000 shows a continuing decline in newspaper readership. A 4.3% drop was seen overall, with more than half of all titles losing more than 2% of their readers.Despite its March revamp, readership of the Times continues to drop. Figures for July show a fall of 14.3%,… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – July 2000
According to the FIPP/Zenith World Magazine Trends 2000/2001 report, Global ad spend, which has been rising steadily since 1994, is set to increase by 5-6% annually until 2002. In 1999, the total global adspend figure for magazines was $40bn which was a 6% increase on 1998.
The huge surge in home ownership of PCs and gaming consoles has created some fertile publishing ground for consumer magazine groups over the last few years. The PC leisure and internet market – excluding gaming titles – has gone from strength to strength. Ten years ago this sector was served by just one title, What… Continue reading Feature: Changing Trends Affect Gaming Magazine Market
