ABC Consumer Jan-June 2013: By Publisher
An overview of performances by publisher, focusing on some of the triumphs and disappointments of the leading consumer magazine publishers over the January to June 2013 ABC period.
Please note: figures are based on total average circulation per publisher, and year on year percentage increases and decreases.
Read on for a selection of the winners and losers…
Bauer Consumer Media
Total Average Circulation per issue (Jun End 2013): 1,888,815
Year on Year % change: -10.1%
Winner: Garden News (up 12.3% YoY)
Losers: Mother & Baby and Zoo (down -22.6% and -23.1% YoY respectively)
Conde Nast Publications Ltd
Total Average Circulation per issue (Jun End 2013): 1,193,772
Year on Year % change: -8.4%
Winners: GQ (lowest fall, at -2% YoY)
Losers: Glamour and Vanity Fair (down -14.8% and -12.2% YoY respectively)
D C Thomson & Co
Total Average Circulation per issue (Jun End 2013): 439,940
Year on Year % change: -7.5%
Winners: People’s Friend (lowest fall, down -2.7% YoY)
Losers: People’s Friend Special Series and Weekly News (down -21.6% and -14.9% YoY respectively)
Dennis Publishing
Total Average Circulation per issue (Jun End 2013): 452,914
Year on Year % change: -3.8%
Winners: The Week and Land Rover Monthly (up 3.1% and 0.6% YoY respectively)
Losers: Health & Fitness and Men’s Fitness (down -13.2% and -12.9% YoY respectively)
Egmont Magazines
Total Average Circulation per issue (Jun End 2013): 624,392
Year on Year % change: 0%
Winners: Go Girl and Toxic (up 6.6% and 22.1% YoY respectively)
Losers: Bin Weevils and Disney & Me (down -44.7% and -26.6% YoY respectively)
H Bauer Publishing
Total Average Circulation per issue (Jun End 2013): 2,815,895
Year on Year % change: 1.0%
Winner: TV choice (up 0.3% YoY)
Losers: Spirit & Destiny and Eat In (down -11.9% and -10.2% YoY respectively)
Hearst Magazines UK
Total Average Circulation per issue (Jun End 2013): 2,787,147
Year on Year % change: -11.3%
Winners: Elle Decoration (up 0.5% YoY)
Losers: Company and Reveal (down -36.7% and -25.9% YoY respectively)
Immediate Media Company
Total Average Circulation per issue (Jun End 2013): 2,737,206
Year on Year % change: -2.2%
Winners: BBC History Magazine and BBC Focus (up 5.3% and 3.5% YoY respectively)
Losers: All About Animals and Girl Talk Art (down -30.1% and -33.6% YoY respectively)
IPC Media Ltd
Total Average Circulation per issue (Jun End 2013): 4,748,272
Year on Year % change: -8.9%
Winners: Ideal Home and Style at Home (up 2.5% and 19.9% YoY respectively)
Losers: Nuts and Now (down -34.8% and -19.7% YoY respectively)