The slump in the TV Listings/Entertainment sector which was reported in the Jan-Jun ’96 period has slowed down this period with only four titles showing a drop in circulation. The biggest year on year percentage loss was suffered by Home Entertainment magazine with a decrease of 31.4% or an actual loss of 7,857 copies on… Continue reading Jul-Dec ’96 ABC Figures: TV Listings & Entertainment Magazine
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Classic FM Magazine has added a top 50 album review section to its March issue. The reviews will cover early to modern music, baroque, romantic, opera and collections. This new format is intended to make it easy for classical music lovers of all tastes to select the right CD.The review section will be expanded further… Continue reading New Section For Classic FM Magazine
It was generally a bad six months for the golf magazines, with ‘Golf World’ the only publication to record an improved figure on the same period in 1995, up just 1.35%. The main loss was experienced by ‘Fore!’, down 8.33%.The changes leave ‘Golf World’ 12,140 ahead of it’s nearest rival ‘Golf Monthly’, as opposed to… Continue reading July – December 1996 ABC Figures – Golf Sector
Looks Magazine recorded the biggest overall drop in this sector, losing 23.73% of its circulation year-on-year. At the other end of the scale, Period Living saw the greatest increase; adding 31,147 to its circulation year-on-year.IPC, who publish the majority of titles in this sector, has seen a circulation fall in 7 out of 10 of… Continue reading Jul-Dec ’96 ABC Figures: Women’s Monthly Sector
Emap’s FHM has achieved an extraordinary rate of growth over the last six months, with ABC figures showing an increase of 217%. Its popularity has been growing steadily over the past couple of years, but today’s results will certainly help to re affirm FHM’s editorial policy. James Carter at Emap explained the titles rocketing success… Continue reading Jul-Dec ’96 ABC Figures: Men’s Monthly Sector
http://www.channel5.co.uk/home.htmlThe hype-machine around Channel 5 is pulling into top gear now. Its web-site has just launched. The site has been launched early to increase the excitement and suspense around the channel.According to the home page, Channel 5 will be giving us music, movies, sex, thrills, fast cars, love, movies, drama, fun and money. Whether it… Continue reading Web-Site Of The Week – Channel 5
For the first time in five years the Radio Authority has increased its application fees for local radio licences. This is as a result of the increasing costs of processing applicationsThe price increase will effect all those applications which must be received by the Authority after 1 April 1997. The applications fees for a full-term,… Continue reading Local Radio Licence Application Fees Go Up By Up To 100%
The latest ABC figures for the period July to December 1996 show that Hello! has the highest circulation increase year-on-year, up 8.5%. The worst overall performer was OK! Weekly, suffering a decline of 41.7%. A bad performance was also recorded by Just 17, it showed a circulation decrease of 29.7% year-on-year; this may have been… Continue reading December ABC Figures – Womens Weeklies
August 1996-January 1997 ABC figures showed that the Independent lost 28,658 copies year on year, a drop of 9.82%, to 263,075. This is its lowest ever six-month ABC figure. Its Sunday title fared the worst among the whole sector with a drop in sales of 12.36% – again, this is the worst ever six-monthly figure… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – January
The overall outlook for the music magazine sector is positive with only five titles showing a decrease in circulation. Amongst the losers IPC’s Melody Maker fared worst, with a 19.82% (11591 copies)loss on the same period last year. Another IPC title Vox suffered the second greatest decline, with a loss of 15.47% or 14623 copies… Continue reading July To December ABC’s – Music Sector
