Paul Keenan, Chief Executive of Bauer Media, commented:
"Bauer Media's portfolio of influential brands continue to deliver compelling content that connects and engages with audiences wherever they are. Our commitment to understanding our audiences, investment in editorial excellence, innovation, differentiation and evolution underpins many of these market-leading, market-beating ABC performances.
"Only Bauer Media produces such a wide range of quality magazines that provide advertisers with a clear, trusted and effective route to quality audiences, as well as the opportunity to extend and enrich client conversations with our consumers further via our radio, TV, internet, mobile and live event properties ."
CELEBRITY WEEKLIES
Closer - 526,713 (w)
Sophie Wybrew-Bond, Deputy MD, Bauer Women's Entertainment, commented: "In an incredibly competitive celebrity weekly market, Closer has grown share despite holding its £1.30 coverprice in the face of much discounting by rivals. Closer's commitment to an unrivalled quality of agenda-setting entertainment, real-life and lifestyle editorial is reflected in its consistent, week-in, week-out sales."
heat - 417,163 (w)
Nicky Holt, Acting Publisher, commented: "As ever, heat remains widely recognised as the reference point for all things celebrity with its unique tone of voice delivering breaking news, exclusive interviews and red carpet-inspired fashion and beauty. The recently revamped StarStyle section now boasts the most stylish, glamorous, up-to-date and reader-focussed style pages out there. heat's unique and unrivalled heritage gives the brand an unparalleled level of engagement and interaction with its celebrity-obsessed audience in print, via heatworld.com, heat Radio and social media networks."
WOMEN'S LIFESTYLE
Grazia - 228,770 (w)
Ella Dolphin, Publisher of Grazia, commented: "Grazia's news, entertainment and lifestyle content continues to attract and engage with an increasingly upmarket and influential readership in print, as well as online via Graziadaily. Five years old and still the 'Hot Book' for fashion and beauty advertisers, innovation remains at the heart of everything we do to bring the Grazia brand to life. Earlier this year, we were first to market with a 'Walk-In, Talking Grazia' unlocking Augmented Reality technology to feature an all-singing, all-dancing Florence Welch on the cover, showcasing further 3D editorial and commercial content inside - a truly exciting opportunity for Grazia fans to experience the magazine."
more! - 187,159 (w)
Sophie Wybrew-Bond, Deputy MD, Bauer Women's Entertainment, commented: "more! stands alone in the market as THE weekly lifestyle magazine for 20-something women . more!'s confident and accessible fashion, beauty and relationship editorial is fuelled by an exceptionally direct interaction with, and understanding of, the more! audience. The team have daily conversations with its readers online and via social media networks, providing an instant, one-on-one connection that inspires more!'s unique and adventorous content every week."
Yours - 297,231 (f)
Rimi Atwal, Publisher of Yours, commented: "A strong performance and stand out sales growth despite competition from traditional weeklies and premium lifestyle monthlies. Yours is a celebratory read, steeped in a sense of community and a consistent champion of issues close to the heart of its extremely loyal 50-something readers.
WOMEN'S SPECIALIST
Top Sante - 81,848 (m)
Rimi Atwal, Publisher of Top Sante, commented: "A solid performance from the only magazine devoted to all-round holistic health, beauty and wellbeing driven by an editorial team in tune with the grown up woman who looks to the monthly for information, inspiration and advice."
Mother & Baby - 53,399 (m); Parenting & Birth - 35,491 (m)
Rimi Atwal, Publisher of Bauer Media's Parenting portfolio, commented: "No other publisher dominates the UK Parenting market like Bauer. Together our print and online brands - M&B, P&B and askamum.co.uk - deliver essential, trusted advice and content from pre-conception to pre-school to a highly engaged audience. The Mother & Baby Awards, now in its 18th year, remains the Oscars of the Nursery Industry"
MEN'S LIFESTYLE
FHM - 192,586 (m)
Geoff Campbell, MD of FHM, commented: "As our recently unveiled year-long research project - '4D Men' - demonstrated, the needs and motivations of men have changed, becoming more multi-dimensional and FHM continues to evolve in step. As a result, Editor Colin Kennedy has reshaped the magazine to speak to a more engaged and influential group of young men. The FHM brand is still in rude health with a website visited by 1.2m men each month, 25 International editions spanning the globe, and a TV series launching in the Autumn, 'FHM Stand-Up Hero'."
Zoo - 80, 026 (w)
Geoff Campbell, MD of ZOO, commented: "In a challenging market, Zoo continues to attract young men seeking a fast, funny and topical read, and deliver good value to advertisers with its innovative 3D issue and World Cup promotions."
MUSIC & FILM
Empire - 179,064 (m)
Kerrang! - 44,013 (w)
MOJO - 91, 678 (m)
Q - 89,450 (m)
Stuart Williams, MD of Bauer Media's Music & Film portfolio, commented:
"After an unprecedented 20th anniversary year, EMPIRE continues to dominate the film market despite the inevitable fall out from the Writer's Strike. Subscriptions rose dramatically, however, ahead of what is anticipated to be a bumper crop of blockbusters scheduled for release over the next 18 months. EMPIRE's unparalleled A-list access and exclusive interviews has rewarded Editor Mark Dinning with a hat-trick of BSME Editor of the Year Awards, and he also led the team to the coveted PPA Consumer Magazine of the Year in June this year."
"Kerrang! has had a resurgent year under new Editor Nichola Browne, who has refreshed, rejuvenated and refocussed the magazine on its core audience of late teen-early 20s rock fans. Kerrang! continues to be a powerful media brand with a strong online presence and a hugely successful radio station."
"In MOJO and Q, Bauer Media boasts the two best selling monthly music magazines in the UK. MOJO recently marked its 200th issue with Tom Waits guest-editing and, as ever, the Mojo Honours List awards attracted a veritable Who's Who of music legends including Jimmy Page, Kasabian, Roger Daltrey and Marc Almond.
"Q will chalk up a quarter century in 2011 and will do so by continuing to extend its reach amongst audiences online, on TV, on Radio and at live events."
MOTORING
CAR - 62,433 (m)
CLASSIC CARS - 37,424 (m)
PRACTICAL CLASSICS - 53,094 (m)
Editor Phil McNamara commented: “CAR magazine has enjoyed a solid six months, driven by a series of brilliant, eye-catching covers and six issues that set the monthly motoring agenda. CAR introduces readers to the cars, faces and places other mags cannot reach.”
Stablemate Classic Cars has recorded its third consecutive year on year and a period on period increase. (Earlier this year CLASSIC CAR WEEKLY was also reintroduced into the portfolio).
Classic Cars’ Editor Phil Bell commented: “We’ve continued to improve the magazine, introducing new feature series, finding more exclusive stories and bringing greater depth to every page and it’s clearly paying off. It’s just about giving true classic car enthusiasts what they really want."
GOLF
TODAY'S GOLFER - 67,518 (m)
GOLF WORLD - 36,029 (m)
TG Editor-in-Chief Andy Calton commented: “UK golfers take the game seriously and want to improve. The new magazine will allow them to measurably achieve that. It gives the best advice and instruction and is more useful than ever before. TG retains the number one slot ahead of a major revamp, launching with the September 2010 issue, on sale now.”
Golf World Editor Chris Jones commented: "Golf World continues to impress with its premium mix of the world’s best players, courses and tournaments, using its influence to attract some great writers, including World Number Ten Ian Poulter and former US Open Champ Geoff Ogilvy.”
GARDENING
GARDEN NEWS 32,913 (w)
GARDEN ANSWERS 20,733 (m)
Rob Croxall, MD Leisure and Transport commented: “Both titles have recorded period increases following a significant investment in product development and cover promotions."
Rob Munro-Hall, Group MD Bauer Media (Specialist), added:
“This has been a really exciting period for our specialist business, with some major acquisitions to the portfolio, our flagship motoring titles on fantastic form and the reincarnation of several of our biggest brands.”
Ends
Jan-June 2009 ABC Data (Total Circulation) Download in PDF
For further information on our Celebrity Weeklies; Women’s Lifestyle; Women’s Specialist; Men’s Lifestyle, and the Music & Film portfolio, contact:
Sarah Ewing, Director of Press & PR, on 07740 110 788
sarah.ewing@bauermedia.co,uk
For further information on our Golf, Motoring and Gardening portfolio, contact:
Genevieve Potter, Head of Press & PR on 07703 128 108 or
Genevieve.Potter@bauermedia.co.uk
