Posted on 13 August 2010. Tags: abcs, Bauer, bbc, Conde Nast, Dennis, H Bauer, Hachette Filipacchi, Haymarket, IPC Media, magazines, NatMag, ShortList Media
The magazine industry showed signs of recovery in the first six months of 2010 – in some areas. In others, familiar trends continued. But overall, there was enough to suggest print won’t be surrendering to the digital age just yet.
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Total average circulation per issue: 2,814,745
January to June 2010: Down 4.7 per cent
Year-on-year: Down 5.8 per cent
Reasons to be cheerful: Kerrang! hit a high note with a seven per cent six-monthly increase, reaching 44,013 issues a week on average. Fashion mag Grazia held steady during a tough year, while Top Sante and Yours showed signs of recovery over the last six months, up 4.2 per cent and 4.5 per cent period on period respectively.
Reasons to be fearful: Another 16.7 per cent of FHM’s readership ebbed away between January and June, and Zoo plunged 21.6 per cent over the same period.
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Posted on 12 August 2010. Tags: broadcasting, graduates, internships, media, print, students, work experience
Last week we posted news on a report that concluded unpaid work experience placements – or internships, if you prefer to use more flattering terminology – are completely illegal under the Minimum Wage Act 1998. But all the reports in the world won’t make the media change its attitude to interns – or slaves, to use some honest nomenclature. Continue Reading
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Posted on 11 August 2010. Tags: broadcasting, five, richard desmond, television
Richard Desmond, the new owner of Channel Five, has made his presence felt by beginning a staff cull with the intention to cut £20million from the business. Continue Reading
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Posted on 28 July 2010. Tags: afghanistan, internet, julian assange, new media, wikileaks
“It could become as important a journalistic tool as the Freedom of Information Act,” Time magazine wrote about WikiLeaks back in 2007, two months before it revealed itself on the world wide web. Continue Reading
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Posted on 21 July 2010. Tags: cardiff university, daily post, newspapers, trinity mirror, wales, western mail
A storm is brewing in Wales after journalism academic Andy Williams published a report attempting to explain why Welsh newspapers are in the throes of a sharp decline in circulation and quality. Continue Reading
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Posted on 16 July 2010. Tags: raoul moat, the guardian
The values of 24 hour rolling news are being questioned after the hunt for Raoul Moat came to its tumultuous conclusion on Sunday. Continue Reading
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Posted on 12 July 2010. Tags: bbc, itv, world cup
While Spain lifted football’s greatest trophy, the BBC will be celebrating in the changing rooms just as much as the Spaniards, after wiping the viewing figures floor for last night’s World Cup final. Continue Reading
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