Following a reworked set of auditing procedures unveiled last month (subscribers see ABC Revises National Newspaper Rules), the Audit Bureau of Circulations is having to go back and reassess again its procedure for auditing bulk sales.The bulk sales rules currently require that publishers provide information about footfall, which is the number of people passing through… Continue reading ABC To Redraft Bulk Sales Audit Procedure
BSkyB has announced that it has acquired a 49% stake in Music Choice Europe with a view to providing music audio channels across its digital platform.Sky Music Choice will offer subscribers as many as 60 channels of music, 24 hours a day. The channels will contain neither DJs nor commercials as is Music Choice Europe’s… Continue reading BSkyB Plans Sky Music Choice Audio Channels
Only 36% of people knew what digital TV was, according to a new survey by Pace, the manufacturer of digital set-top boxes.Unsurprisingly, the group most familiar with the concept were males under the age of 55 and from the higher socio economic groups. Women (25% compared with 48% of men) and people over the age… Continue reading Digital TV Awareness Low, Report Finds
Former Tory MP Matthew Carrington and former Express Newspapers research and development director Iain McLellan have been appointed as the new heads of the Outdoor Advertising Association (OAA).Carrington, the new OAA chairman, was MP for Fulham from 1987 to 1998 and served on the Treasury Select Committee from 1994 to 1996. McLellan, the OAA’s new… Continue reading Outdoor Advertising Association Appoints Heads
Myatt McFarlane, publisher of titles such as Fun For Kids and Classic American , has bought Home & Life magazine from XL Communications, the company which went into receivership last week (subscribers see XL Calls In The Receivers).It is, as yet, unclear what the future of XL’s other titles will be, which include trade journals… Continue reading Home & Life Magazine Bought
The pressing question of how (and why) to audit websites was addressed at the MRG meeting last night by Richard Foan from ABC //electronic and Mike Reed from BPA International. Both non-profit-making companies are using their history and knowledge of auditing print media in developing what they hope will be a ‘common currency’ for the… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting: Website Auditing
Emap’s New Women magazine achieved the highest circulation with an increase of 23.84% on the same period last year. It’s Bliss and Period Living contributed to Emap’s success with increases of 37,513 and 21,492 copies respectively.Unfortunately for Emap they had to have one hitch which was Looks magazine continuing its fall with a drop of… Continue reading July – December 1997 ABCs – Women’s Monthlies
This six monthly period saw Somerfield Magazine enjoy an impressive first July – December audit as its main rivals all suffered losses. Indeed Good Housekeeping lost over 30,000 buyers, whilst percentage wise House Beautiful slipped 8% and World of Interiors dropped 5%. Title Jul 96 – Dec 96 Jul 97 – Dec 97 Actual Change… Continue reading July – December 1997 – Home Interest Magazine Sector
The biggest developments in the music magazine sector year on year perhaps surprisingly fell in the ‘teeny-bopper’ area of Smash Hits and Top Of The Pops magazines. Both of these titles showed a dramatic circulation increase compared with ABC figures from July-Dec 1996.ABC Comparisons, Jul-Dec 1996 – Jul-Dec 1997 Title Jul 96 – Dec 96… Continue reading July-December 1997: Music Sector
The latest ABC figures show that only two titles in the women’s weeklies sector have improved their circulation year on year and the sector as a whole has actually shown a year on year drop of 355,206. Title Jul 96 – Dec 96 Jul 97 – Dec 97 Actual Change % Change OK Magazine… Continue reading July – December 1997 ABCs – Women’s Weeklies Sector
