There has been an increase in the overall decline in national newspaper readership, according to the latest figures released by the National Readership Survey (NRS). A year-on-year analysis shows the whole sector falling 2.3% – or 1.6 million readers – for the six-month period ending January 2000.The largest falls during the period came from the… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – January 2000
Revenue Total terrestrial television revenue for January 2000 (including GMTV) came in at £223.0 million, according to agency estimates. Of this, the ITV Network took £156.3 million, up 12.8% on January 1999; Channel 4’s revenue was up 9.8% to £47.4 million and Channel 5 saw its ad revenue grew annually by 24.3% to £15.3 million.… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – January 2000
Programmes Who says there isn’t decent light entertainment on television anymore? BBC1’s coverage of Man United hilarious participation in FIFA World Club Championships certainly seemed to disprove that. United’s drawn first match was watched by an audience of 10.17 million, while their 3-1 defeat two days later attracted 9.2 million people.Channel 4’s decision to give… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – January 2000
The Newspaper Society has been campaigning for some time to increase the profile of the regional press amongst national advertisers and their agencies. It is the Society’s long-term aim to gradually increase the percentage of national display advertising that regional newspapers take. However, this month sees the closure of The Word, a cross-company sales shop… Continue reading Feature: Regional Publishers Must Work Hard To Attract National Advertisers
Month On MonthThe national newspaper sector saw an overall increase in sales of over a million copies between December 1999 and January this year, according to the latest data released by the Audit Bureau of Circualtions (ABC). Some particularly strong performances from the News Of The World, Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Sunday Times helped boost… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – January 2000
IPC’s Uncut continues to outperform it rivals in the film magazine sector. For the third successive period the title has recorded a rise of over 20% in total average net sales – up 25% year on year for the July to December 1999 period. The new market leader is Inside Film, which releases its first… Continue reading Uncut Continues To Grow In Film Sector
The following tables show the overall performances of each magazine publishing group in the July-December 1999 ABCs, released on Friday last week. Attic Futura, Dennis Publishing and Future Publishing are the only companies to show overall annual growth in their portfolios.The consumer publishing giants, EMAP and IPC, both saw slight decline in their overall sales… Continue reading July-December 1999 ABCs – Performance By Publisher
The launch of Sega’s Dreamcast obviously had a significant influence upon the games magazine market during the latter half of 1999. It left Nintendo and Sony Playstation as effectively outdated machines and titles dedicated to these ageing models began to fall out of fashion. N64 Pro lost over half its circulation on the previous year,… Continue reading Dreamcast Launch Takes Games Market To Next Level
Women’s monthly titles suffered badly during the six-month period ending December 1999, with 60% of titles showing a decrease in circulation. Prima was toppled from its position as market leader with sales dropping 17%; its replacement was National Magazine Company’s Cosmopolitan which now heads the sector with sales of 470,000.Other titles showing significant decline included… Continue reading New Market Leader As Women’s Monthlies Sector Suffers Decline
The lads’ mag phenomenon which was pioneered by IPC’s Loaded during the late ’90s, and mimicked to greater or lesser degrees by FHM, Maxim and GQ, seems to have finally lost its sparkle. In two consecutive audits now, both Loaded and FHM have seen their circulations tumble year on year.EMAP’s FHM, whilst holding steady period… Continue reading Lads’ Mags Suffer As Bubble Begins To Burst
