{"id":49474,"date":"2013-11-14T16:22:28","date_gmt":"2013-11-14T14:22:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=49474"},"modified":"2013-11-14T16:28:49","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T14:28:49","slug":"sa-weekend-papers-circulation-down-7-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/media\/49474\/sa-weekend-papers-circulation-down-7-5\/","title":{"rendered":"SA weekend papers circulation down 7.5%"},"content":{"rendered":"

Third quarter circulation figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) of South Africa show that most print publications declined in the quarter.<\/p>\n

Total circulation of all print publications – both newspapers and magazines – declined 1.4% year on year in the sector, from a total of 33 million in Q3 2012 to 32.5 million in 2013.<\/p>\n

Across all sectors – with the exception to free magazines which saw over 83% growth, and hybrid newspapers which saw marginal growth of 0.09% – circulation of print publications were on a slide, compared to the same quarter in 2012.<\/p>\n

Hardest hit were newspapers – with weekend, weekly and daily newspapers all seeing circulation numbers decline by 7.5%, 7.7% and 5.8%, respectively.<\/p>\n

Print circulation by sector 3Q12 vs 3Q13<\/h3>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
#<\/strong><\/td>\nSector<\/strong><\/td>\n3Q12 circulation
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		3Q13 circulation
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Change YoY
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nCustom Magazines<\/td>\n12,436,401<\/td>\n12,395,274<\/td>\n-0.33%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nFree Newspapers<\/td>\n6,608,419<\/td>\n6,499,162<\/td>\n-1.65%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nConsumer Magazines<\/td>\n6,120,027<\/td>\n6,050,593<\/td>\n-1.13%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nWeekend Newspapers<\/td>\n2,338,836<\/td>\n2,163,784<\/td>\n-7.48%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nDaily Newspapers<\/td>\n1,566,778<\/td>\n1,475,429<\/td>\n-5.83%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nB2B Magazines<\/td>\n1,231,976<\/td>\n1,154,833<\/td>\n-6.26%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nAd Brochures<\/td>\n1,023,472<\/td>\n937,242<\/td>\n-8.42%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nWeekly Newspapers<\/td>\n707,612<\/td>\n652,927<\/td>\n-7.73%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nFree Magazines<\/td>\n336,558<\/td>\n617,155<\/td>\n83.37%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nLocal Newspapers<\/td>\n449,874<\/td>\n423,199<\/td>\n-5.93%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nHybrid Newspapers<\/td>\n166,181<\/td>\n166,325<\/td>\n0.09%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTotal<\/strong><\/td>\n32,986,134<\/strong><\/td>\n32,535,923<\/strong><\/td>\n-1.36%<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Newspapers<\/h3>\n

The Times was one of the few daily newspapers to grow circulation to 143,957 from 140,078 in the same period last quarter, while Beeld (64,329), Business Day (32,846) and The Citizen (60,242) all saw numbers decline.<\/p>\n

Weekend newspapers, including Mail & Guardian (42,242), Rapport (183,187), City Press (121,137) and Saturday Star (73,408) all saw circulation figures lower than last year.<\/p>\n

The circulation of the Daily Sun<\/em>, the country\u2019s top-selling daily newspaper, decreased by 13.4% to 291,132 copies – while The Sunday Times saw a 7% decline in circulation to 420,066 from 451,676 in the same period last year.<\/p>\n

Magazines<\/h3>\n

Consumer magazine circulation in South Africa fell by 11.9% in the past year. Combined circulation fell from 6.88 million copies from July to September last year, to 6.05 million copies this year.<\/p>\n

In the women\u2019s general category, Real Magazine and Cosmopolitan were the biggest losers, shedding 44.3% and 25.6% respectively.<\/p>\n

The big winners were Woman and Home, and Kuier magazines, which increased their circulation by 23% and 29.9% respectively.<\/p>\n

In the male category, Tech-Smart Magazine and FHM saw the largest declines, dropping by 45.9% and 26.9%. GQ, Men\u2019s Health, Popular Mechanics and Stuff also saw their circulations shrink.<\/p>\n

In the business and news section, Finweek suffered the biggest decline, dropping to 14,013 copies from 21,978 copies last year, a decline of 36.2%. The Financial Mail fell by 10% and Forbes Africa by 21.2%. Entrepreneur, Noseweek and Succeed magazine were among the five titles in the sector that were able to grow their circulations.<\/p>\n

(with Sapa)<\/p>\n

More on print media<\/h3>\n

Keep calm and carry on, print media<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Print media grappling with the digital boom<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

New JSE rules to hurt print media<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Caxton to buy SA family-owned media company<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Times Media results a mixed bag<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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