Amongst the daily broadsheets the Daily Telegraph remains out in front with a circulation of 1.093m for July 1997 while its sister paper, the Sunday Telegraph, showed one of the largest year on year increases in sales, which were up 23.7% to 856,598. The Independent and Independent On Sunday both suffered year on year losses.… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – July ABCs
The Guardian Group has been approached by a number of companies regarding the sale of its stake in GMTV.According to the Independent today, other GMTV shareholders are particularly keen to take over media group’s 15% share. Guardian Media Group will be announcing the appointment of a new chief executive shortly and it is rumoured that… Continue reading Guardian Approached Over GMTV Stake
An Internet version of Express Newspapers’ Daily Star will launch on September 1. It is believed that the site will look to attract Loaded and FHM readers interested in sport and “adult content”.http://www.megastar.co.uk/
Looks Magazine reported a 32.31% year on year drop in circulation following the falling trend set with its July to December 1996 ABC’s. Fortunately for Emap all their other Womens Monthlies have reported year on year increases, the most noteable being Period Living which produced the highest percentage change for the entire sector, from 64,614… Continue reading January To June 1997 ABCs – Womens Monthlies Sector
Future Publishing is launching a new business title called Internet Works. Available from 31 October, the new title will be published monthly and cost £2.99. Internet Works aims to give readers useful advice on the benefits of the Internet to businesses as well as giving solutions to on-line computing issues.Each issue will feature a cover-bound… Continue reading Future Launch New Internet Title
Fishing titles suffered in this ABC release, with Stillwater Trout Angler showing a year on year decrease of 12% to 22,373, while Trout & Salmon fell 3% and Trout Fisherman dropped 2%. Title Jan 96 – Jun 96 Jan 97 – Jun 97 Actual Change % Change Ace (Tennis) 40,417 40,390 -27 -0.07 Cycle Sport… Continue reading January To June 1997 ABCs – General Sport Sector
Easynet, the second largest UK Internet provider, announced yesterday that it expected to break into profit in the final quarter of this year.In its interim results released yesterday, the company reported turnover of £2.48m, up by 62% on the previous six month period, and pre-tax losses of £0.72m, which is a slight improvement on last… Continue reading Easynet Predicts Profits
Telewest has handed over its Cable Adnet advertising sales operation to the Mirror Group’s Mirror Television arm.Mirror TV will now disband Cable Adnet and set up a new outfit called City Television Network, to be headed by Jon Waters who joins from Classic FM. The sales house will handle business for L!ve TV, the cable-only… Continue reading Telewest Ad Division Goes To Mirror Group
The latest ABC figures show strong growth amongst the teenage pop magazines, with Top Of The Pops magazine sustaining an impressive 119% growth, an actual increase of 229,453 copies. Smash Hits follows suit, with an increase of 89% raising its circulation by 181,220.Traditional rivals NME and Melody Maker have both experienced a drop in actual… Continue reading January To June ABCs – Music Sector
Most of the magazines in this sector showed good year on year increases, with Future’s Official Playstation Magazine performing the best. The title saw a growth of over 185% to 146,972 while the next best performer was EMAP’s Sega Saturn Magazine with an increase of 72% to 38,492. Title Jan 96 – Jun 96 Jan… Continue reading January To June 1997 ABCs – Computer Sector
