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Top 10 Regional Newspapers: Jan-Jun 1999 ABCs

Top 10 Regional Newspapers: Jan-Jun 1999 ABCs

The latest set of circulation figures, released by the ABC today, point to a generally uninspiring performance by the top 10 regional newspapers. Only three of the top 10 regionals – Sunday Mercury (Birmingham) (1.5%), Leicester Mercury (inc Job Finder) (0.4%) and the Evening Herald (Dublin) (0.1%) recorded circulation increases, year-on-year.

Top 10 Regional Newspapers – By Circulation (ABC) – (Jan-Jun 1999)
Title Jan 98 – Jun 98 Jan 99 – Jun 99 Actual Change % Ch
Birmingham Evening Mail 195,391 192,692 -2,699 -1.4
Manchester Evening News (Mon-Fri) 181,480 180,518 -962 -0.5
Liverpool Echo 161,836 160,725 -1,111 -0.7
Sunday Mercury (Birmingham) 143,662 145,806 2,144 1.5
Belfast Telegraph 130,756 124,724 -6,032 -4.6
Leicester Mercury (inc Job Finder) 115,899 116,323 424 0.4
Glasgow – Evening Times (Mon-Fri) 117,650 112,333 -5,317 -4.5
Newcastle Evening Chronicle 115,724 111,178 -4,546 -3.9
Evening Herald (Dublin) 110,416 110,507 91 0.1
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Sunday Sun 114,341 106,254 -8,087 -7.1

Of the seven other top 10 regional titles the Newcastle Evening Chronicle (-3.9%), Glasgow – Evening Times (Mon-Fri) (-4.5%), Belfast Telegraph (-4.6%) and the Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Sunday Sun (-7.1%) posted the most worrying results.

Top 10 Regional Newspapers – %Ch Y-on-Yr (Jan-Jun98 – Jan-Jun99)
Title Jan 98 – Jun 98 Jan 99 – Jun 99 Actual Change % Ch
Sunday Mercury (Birmingham) 143,662 145,806 2,144 1.5
Leicester Mercury (inc Job Finder) 115,899 116,323 424 0.4
Evening Herald (Dublin) 110,416 110,507 91 0.1
Manchester Evening News (Mon-Fri) 181,480 180,518 -962 -0.5
Liverpool Echo 161,836 160,725 -1,111 -0.7
Birmingham Evening Mail 195,391 192,692 -2,699 -1.4
Newcastle Evening Chronicle 115,724 111,178 -4,546 -3.9
Glasgow – Evening Times (Mon-Fri) 117,650 112,333 -5,317 -4.5
Belfast Telegraph 130,756 124,724 -6,032 -4.6
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Sunday Sun 114,341 106,254 -8,087 -7.1

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