Magazine ABCs for 2022: Full breakdown of print and digital circulations
The UK’s consumer magazines saw a circulation decline of 11% in 2022, according to the latest ABC data. Combined average circulation globally fell to 24 million in 2022 across print and digital,...
View ArticleWomen’s interest magazine ABCs 2022: Slimming World only title to see print...
Slimming World was the only women’s interest magazine to see its print circulation grow in the UK and Ireland in 2022, according to the latest ABC figures. The magazine is one of the...
View ArticleMagazine ABCs 2022: Digital edition circulation up by 22%
Digital consumer magazines saw a circulation increase of 22% in 2022, according to new ABC data. The combined average circulation of titles reporting digital data separately to ABC increased from 2.5...
View ArticleGender pay gap at UK media companies narrows to 12%
Men were paid more on average than women at all but two of the 33 media companies that have submitted their gender pay gap figures for 2022. The Press Association reported gender balance on both mean...
View ArticleHow to keep subscribers: What’s working at Hearst, Immediate and Mark Allen...
“Friendly friction”, personal phone calls and positive reinforcement are among the subscriber retention techniques advocated by marketing and retention bosses at Immediate Media, Hearst and Mark Allen...
View ArticleRanked: Most popular women’s and men’s lifestyle websites in UK in 2023
Hello! magazine is the UK’s most popular women’s publication online, according to a new ranking of women’s news and lifestyle websites by Press Gazette. The celebrity, fashion and lifestyle brand,...
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Editorial ‘co-pilots’ and monetising archives: Generative AI in action at...
At the Future of Media Technology Conference 2022, there were no mentions of generative AI. By contrast, this year there were two panels explicitly devoted to the subject and countless more...
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Elle UK’s move from subscriptions to membership shares access to...
Editor in chief of fashion brand Elle UK Kenya Hunt spoke to Press Gazette about why the title is looking beyond online subscriptions to make up for falling newsstand revenue and instead has launched...
View ArticleHearst makes Claire Sanderson editor-in-chief of Women’s Health UK and Men’s...
Hearst UK has appointed Women’s Health UK editor-in-chief Claire Sanderson as the new editor of Men’s Health UK, meaning she will lead both titles. A former reporter for the Sunday People and...
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How can news media bounce back in 2024? 18 leaders share their insights
News publishing bosses from the UK, US and Australia have shared predictions, in the form of their biggest challenges and reasons for opitmism, for 2024. Five chief executives, four editorial leaders,...
View ArticleJoint editor-in-chief of Women’s and Men’s Health UK explains new membership...
Memberships are a priority focus for Women’s Health UK and Men’s Health UK in 2024 according to editor-in-chief of both magazine brands Claire Sanderson. New apps launched for both the Women’s Health...
View ArticleTop 25 US newspaper circulations: Largest print titles fall 14% in year to...
The combined average newspaper circulation of the 25 largest US titles fell 14% in the year to September 2023, according to new figures obtained by Press Gazette. The decline in combined year-on-year...
View ArticleHearst UK CEO Vanneck-Smith completes reshuffle of senior leadership team
Hearst UK chief executive Katie Vanneck-Smith has completed a series of internal promotions and hires to unveil eight new senior leadership colleagues. Hearst UK brands include: Good Housekeeping,...
View ArticleMagazine ABCs 2023: Full breakdown of titles shows 12.4% circulation fall
The circulation of UK consumer magazines continued to decline in 2023, falling 12.4% when compared with the same ABC data for 2022. The combined average monthly circulations of the magazines audited...
View ArticlePaying for local news online: Paywalled US local news titles ranked
“The local news crisis in the US is deepening,” according to the latest edition of the State of Local News in 2023, published by Northwestern University’s Medill School. Half of counties in America...
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Good Housekeeping MD Liz Moseley’s ambitious growth plan for 102-year-old brand
The UK edition of women’s magazine Good Housekeeping is “unbelievably successful” by various metrics, as its new managing director Liz Moseley put it, but is nonetheless setting out on an “ambitious”...
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