U.K. Rock Magazines Continuing To Do Well

February 18, 2011

Guardian.co.uk reports that U.K.-based rock magazines Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Kerrang! did well in the second half of 2010, suggesting that some titles are still managing to grow sales year on year despite the fact that the market for buying print magazines in the consumer sector is continuing to decline.

According to figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC),Future Publishing's Classic Rock had a circulation of 67,695 in the second half of last year, down 3.7% period on period and 5% year on year. Stablemate Metal Hammer had a small year-on-year circulation rise of 0.1% to 41,826, a 5% fall compared with the first six months of 2010.

Bauer's Kerrang! reported a 4.5% uplift in year-on-year circulation to 42,967. The title fell 2.4% period on period.

Predictably, newspapers have fared far worse than magazines, as web-based news options have proliferated in recent years.

U.K. magazine circulation figures for the second half of 2010, according to the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC):

Title: Classic Rock
Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd.
Circulation: 67,695

Title: Metal Hammer
Publisher: Future Publishing Ltd.
Circulation: 41,826

Title: Kerrang!
Publisher: Bauer Consumer Media
Circulation: 42,967

Title: Rock Sound
Publisher: Rock Sound Ltd.
Circulation: 15,005

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