15 Aug 2003 |

ABC Jan-Jun 2003: Performance By Publisher

The figures listed in NewsLine’s ABC reports are those reported by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) as of Thursday 14 August 2003. Late submissions and changes may be made after this date, and will thereafter be amended in MediaTel’s Press database. For full notes on how NewsLine’s reports are compiled please see Important Notes: ABC January – June 2003.

The following figures show titles by publisher reporting for the six monthly period July to December 2002, but does not include titles reporting yearly.

BBC Magazines
Title	Jan-Jun 02	Jan-Jun 03	% Change
BBC Gardeners World	350,064	360,236	2.9
BBC Good Food	323,764	324,473	0.2
BBC Good Homes	125,420	106,002	-15.5
BBC History Magazine	51,146	53,154	3.9
BBC Homes & Antiques	160,635	151,307	-5.8
BBC Learning Is Fun	60,485	51,706	-14.5
BBC Top Gear	150,747	144,583	-4.1
BBC Wildlife	48,164	41,706	-13.4
Bob The Builder	124,197	110,557	-11.0
Bob The Builder Extra	66,254	60,603	-8.5
Disney Comic (R)	n/a	30,948	n/a
Disney Explorer (N)	n/a	31,461	n/a
Disney Girl (R)	n/a	46,879	n/a
Disney’s Big Time	58,320	36,152	-38.0
Eve	119,102	131,157	10.1
Fimbles (N)	n/a	120,594	n/a
Girl Talk	83,280	84,515	1.5
It’s Hot (R)	n/a	115,163	n/a
Magic Key	56,771	54,401	-4.2
Noddy Magazine	22,761	26,176	15.0
Radio Times	1,155,064	1,161,019	0.5
Teletubbies	120,124	91,155	-24.1
Teletubbies Extra	40,005	46,843	17.1
Top Of The Pops	235,007	252,410	7.4
Toybox	187,841	177,864	-5.3
Toybox Teach Me	57,548	50,741	-11.8
Tweenies	200,140	157,752	-21.2
Tweenies Extra	98,619	83,584	-15.2
Total	3,895,458	4,103,141	5.3

Condé Nast
Title	Jan-Jun 02	Jan-Jun 03	% Change
Condé Nast Traveller	81,368	82,780	1.7
Glamour	520,193	576,832	10.9
GQ	116,380	120,741	3.7
House & Garden	148,470	148,607	0.1
Tatler	83,232	84,280	1.3
Vanity Fair	86,410	89,258	3.3
Vogue	199,152	202,259	1.6
World Of Interiors	62,835	64,567	2.8
Total	1,298,040	1,369,324	5.5

Dennis Publishing
Title	Jan-Jun 02	Jan-Jun 03	% Change
Auto Express	94,106	94,700	0.6
Bizarre (B)*	97,036	101,209	4.3
Computer & Video Games	32,052	32,069	0.1
Computer Buyer	40,329	38,321	-5.0
Computer Shopper	121,153	100,135	-17.3
EVO	60,021	67,746	12.9
Fortean Times (B)*	29,003	28,249	-2.6
Jack (B)*	n/a	33,347	n/a
Mac User	26,061	24,289	-6.8
Maxim	270,159	251,117	-7.0
Men’s Fitness	50,056	56,315	12.5
PC Pro	126,550	117,150	-7.4
PC Zone	56,457	50,050	-11.3
Shape	71,405	71,519	0.2
Week	76,293	85,145	11.6
Total	1,150,681	1,151,361	0.1
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Emap
Title	Jan-Jun 02	Jan-Jun 03	% Change
Arena	31,418	32,683	4.0
Bliss	250,370	250,543	0.1
Car (incorporating Performance Car)	100,171	107,662	7.5
Classic Cars	53,448	55,385	3.6
Closer (N)	n/a	334,542	n/a
Digital Photo FX	25,042	35,147	40.4
Empire	162,092	181,768	12.1
Face	48,913	43,717	-10.6
FHM (For Him Magazine)	580,738	600,568	3.4
Garden Answers	98,142	87,034	-11.3
Garden News	58,929	57,036	-3.2
Golf World	52,190	46,746	-10.4
Heat	478,924	565,484	18.1
Heres Health	27,189	23,317	-14.2
J17	131,114	134,433	2.5
Kerrang!	83,988	70,361	-16.2
Land Rover Owner International	52,850	54,450	3.0
Max Power	215,764	239,668	11.1
Mixmag	74,070	53,212	-28.2
Mojo	100,138	103,654	3.5
More!	262,532	250,869	-4.4
Mother & Baby	92,510	88,217	-4.6
New Woman	303,400	275,648	-9.1
Nintendo Official Magazine	42,014	47,013	11.9
Period Living & Traditional Homes	75,274	72,649	-3.5
Practical Classics and Car Restorer	72,486	70,301	-3.0
Pregnancy & Birth	53,700	53,674	-0.0
Q	160,950	172,557	7.2
Sneak (N)	n/a	100,107	n/a
Smash Hits	145,149	150,042	3.4
Todays Golfer Incorporating Fore!	101,218	101,776	0.6
Top Sante Health & Beauty	182,796	154,829	-15.3
Yours	368,006	386,591	5.1
Total	4,485,525	5,001,683	11.5

Future Publishing
Title	Jan-Jun 02	Jan-Jun 03	% Change
Classic Rock	38,554	43,545	12.9
Edge	31,063	27,315	-12.1
Digital Camera Magazine (R)	n/a	33,085	n/a
Gamesmaster	58,656	59,222	1.0
Metal Hammer	44,070	35,876	-18.6
Microsoft Windows XP	41,569	61,163	47.1
NGC Magazine (formerly N64)	30,626	32,253	5.3
Official Playstation 2 Magazine	195,293	188,079	-3.7
OPM (Official Playstation Magazine)	74,383	31,774	-57.3
PC Gamer	80,413	65,573	-18.5
Playstation 2 Offical Tips (N)	n/a	19,235	n/a
Playstation 2 Special Edition	39,408	25,117	-36.3
PS2 Gaming Max	24,779	23,596	-4.8
PSM2	81,464	58,527	-28.2
Redline	58,098	71,071	22.3
Total Film	85,766	90,454	5.5
Total	884,142	865,885	-2.1

Hachette Filipacchi
Title	Jan-Jun 02	Jan-Jun 03	% Change
All About Soap*	104,204	106,049	1.8
B*	193,807	165,431	-14.6
Elle (B)**	207,740	200,912	-3.3
Elle Decoration (B)**	60,709	61,954	2.1
Inside Soap*	252,699	247,699	-2.0
Red (B)**	183,304	189,857	3.6
Sugar*	346,449	326,185	-5.8
TV Hits*	143,289	143,842	0.4
Total	1,492,201	1,441,929	-3.4
*acquired followed purchase of Attic Futura 10/02
**formerly part of a joint venture with Emap

H Bauer
Title	Jan-Jun 02	Jan-Jun 03	% Change
Bella	444,622	398,009	-10.5
Real	172,087	180,680	5.0
Spirit & Destiny (N)	n/a	75,663	n/a
Take A Break	1,207,384	1,225,116	1.5
Thats Life!	590,162	592,036	0.3
TV Choice	861,810	967,807	12.3
TV Quick	440,080	394,251	-10.4
Total	3,716,145	3,833,562	3.2

IPC
Title	Jan-Jun 02	Jan-Jun 03	% Change
19	107,286	97,161	-9.4
25 Beautiful Homes	133,808	132,759	-0.8
Amateur Gardening	66,312	64,160	-3.2
Chat	515,000	575,585	11.8
Chat – Passion Series	189,854	161,982	-14.7
Country Homes & Interiors	103,228	101,528	-1.6
Essentials	172,070	144,780	-15.9
Family Circle	155,807	149,238	-4.2
Golf Monthly	74,413	75,082	0.9
Homes & Gardens	156,177	161,553	3.4
Ideal Home	276,063	273,489	-0.9
InStyle (R)	152,800	179,174	17.3
Living etc	92,521	90,846	-1.8
Loaded	309,041	261,937	-15.2
Marie Claire	393,748	376,476	-4.4
Mizz	140,263	114,141	-18.6
Mizz Specials Series	116,443	95,734	-17.8
Muzik (C)	36,018	n/a	n/a
New Musical Express	72,057	72,443	0.5
Now	570,279	590,544	3.6
Now – Style Series	172,022	177,533	3.2
Practical Parenting	50,296	45,564	-9.4
Soaplife	102,784	115,071	12.0
TV & Satellite Week	252,082	254,445	0.9
TV Times	570,809	529,632	-7.2
Uncut	83,487	105,781	26.7
Wallpaper	131,075	110,920	-15.4
What’s On TV	1,666,475	1,689,621	1.4
Woman	631,451	571,482	-9.5
Woman & Home	263,048	283,025	7.6
Woman – Feelgood Series	217,029	204,340	-5.8
Woman’s Own	518,861	484,705	-6.6
Woman’s Own – Lifestyle Series	242,340	146,822	-39.4
Woman’s Weekly	498,268	465,500	-6.6
Woman’s Weekly – Fiction Series	103,465	99,589	-3.7
Woman’s Weekly – Home Series	171,190	162,857	-4.9
World Soccer	58,700	51,279	-12.6
Total	9,259,164	8,922,698	-3.6

National Magazine Company
Title	Jan-Jun 02	Jan-Jun 03	% Change
Best	424,569	414,739	-2.3
Company	312,157	330,617	5.9
Cosmo Girl!	175,237	188,249	7.4
Cosmopolitan	470,180	462,157	-1.7
Cosmopolitan Hair & Beauty	84,254	84,424	0.2
Country Living	163,154	170,137	4.3
Esquire	56,172	69,193	23.2
Good Housekeeping	386,080	400,253	3.7
Harpers & Queen	88,521	88,623	0.1
House Beautiful	189,569	170,200	-10.2
Prima	345,320	330,045	-4.4
Prima Baby	54,352	52,570	-3.3
She	181,549	185,558	2.2
Zest	106,375	115,169	8.3
Total	3,037,489	3,061,934	0.8

Paragon Publishing
Title	Jan-Jun 02	Jan-Jun 03	% Change
Cube (R)	n/a	31,736	n/a
Cube Solutions (R)	n/a	10,907	n/a
Digital Camcorder Buyer (R)	n/a	9,529	n/a
Digital Camera Buyer	13,989	14,069	0.6
Digital Photography Made Easy	26,020	21,826	-16.1
Digital Video Made Easy (R)	n/a	14,891	n/a
DVD Review	37,733	36,532	-3.2
P2	22,206	19,048	-14.2
PC Basics	18,013	16,597	-7.9
Play	60,139	64,686	7.6
XBM (R)	n/a	32,163	n/a
XPERT (R)	n/a	8,109	n/a
Total	178,100	280,093	57.3
NB: Paragon’s overall total has been boosted by a number of titles that recently started reporting