Report: UK Rock Magazines Endure 'Difficult' First Half Of 2008

Music Week reports that UK music magazines endured a difficult first half of 2008, with only Metal Hammer making significant gains, while Kerrang!, NME and Q all saw double-digit falls in readership.

Future Publishing's Metal Hammer ended the half year up 6.0% with 48,540 readers, although this was still down 1.2% on the year.

The biggest loser overall was Bauer's rock title Kerrang!, which posted a 21.6% drop in readership for the half year to 60,290, 27.9% down on the year.

IPC's flagship title NME was down 12.1% for the half year and 17.4% for the year at 56,284 readers, while sister title Uncut was down 4.5% over the six months and up 1.2% for the year with 86,925 readers.

Read the entire report from Music Week.