The BBC’s glossy Match of the Day magazine, now selling over 73,000 copies, has radically improved sales from this period last year when it was only a fledgling title. Now an established name it is competing in the top league with the big boys Four Four Two (85,389) and World Soccer (62,908).Football Magazines Jan-Jun 1998… Continue reading BBC’s Match of the Day Magazine Breaks Into Super League
The BBC’s glossy Match of the Day magazine, now selling over 73,000 copies, has radically improved sales from this period last year when it was only a fledgling title. Now an established name it is competing in the top league with the big boys Four Four Two (85,389) and World Soccer (62,908).Manchester United and Liverpool’s… Continue reading BBC’s Match of the Day Magazine Breaks Into Super League (Non-Subscribers)
The women’s magazine market is to see two new launches in as many months of publications which claim to be a backlash against the skinny, super-thin models which dominate the mainstream. The launches coincide with the British Medical Association’s condemnation of much magazine and TV content, which it claims may encourage anorexia in young girls.The… Continue reading ‘Real’ Women To Get More Magazines
UKTV, the joint venture between BBC and Flextech, is planning to launch a new youth-oriented channel on digital television, called UK Play. The channel, which would be the sixth UKTV launch, is to target 16-24 year olds with a mix of music, comedy and cult cartoons.A spokesperson for the channel said that they have only… Continue reading UKTV Plans Digital Youth Channel To Rival MTV
Of those film/cinema titles audited in the January-June 1998 ABC period, Total Film has enjoyed a block-busting rise in circulation with a 21.8% increase in magazines sold. In this period it shifted 61,497 copies, an actual gain of 11,010 copies year on year.The same 6-monthly ABC figures for Empire and Neon did not reveal such… Continue reading Total Film Encroaches On EMAP’s Empire
The Pink Paper, Chronos Publishing’s gay and lesbian weekly, is undergoing a redesign and a change of focus and content.From 10 September the title will move away from its current newspaper format toward coverage of a broader range of lifestyle and entertainment features.Chronos wants to take the paper away from the agressive political activism which… Continue reading Gay And Lesbian Paper Gets Revamp
This year has seen a rather mixed performance within the men’s lifestyle sector, with some winners and some losers.The ‘new lad’ magazines Loaded, FHM and Maxim saw impressive increases. All three titles have been in the news this year.Maxim saw the biggest increase of 62.96%, and this month saw the relaunch of its website.FHM’s impressive… Continue reading Movement In Men’s Lifestyle Sector
Dazed & Confused style magazine has teamed up with Channel 4 to produce what may be the first masthead TV programme (a programme which is made or funded by a magazine or newspaper and has the same style and name) to be aired on commercial terrestrial TV (see Newsline).Dazed’s editor Jefferson Hack and creative director… Continue reading Renegade Programme From Dazed and Channel 4
Emap Elan’s New Woman magazine is continuing to forge its way up the women’s monthlies market after winning the Comag Consumer Magazine of the Year at the PPA Magazines ’98 Awards in May this year.January-June 1998 ABC figures, out today, show that the title’s circulation has increased by over 12% year on year. Following its… Continue reading Emap’s New Woman Builds On PPA Awards Success
Another week, another new cop drama series, the only surprise is that it isn’t on ITV. BBC1’s new six-part drama series Maisie Raine got off to a good start attracting 8.07 million viewers and claiming the No. 16 spot on the top thirty programmes list. Although main star Pauline Quirke’s character does have a tendency… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 02/08/98
