Music Magazine Sector

There has been a significant drop in the circulation numbers of music magazines from February 2010. The overall circulation for the UK consumer magazines industry the first half of 2010 was 62,048,488 - a full 13.31m fewer than in the last half of 2009. The market has shrunk by 12.2 per cent from the second half of 2008.

These drops include well-liked magazines Kerrang! New Music Express and Metal Hammer. IPC Media's Uncut held onto third place among the paid-for rock music titles, despite a 13.3% fall although it was ahead of Classic Rock, which was up 1.5% year on year. The rock Sector also experiences drops from Future Publishing's Metal Hammer, which was down 16.9% year on year. Bauer's rock title Kerrang! tumbled 21.3% year on year and 4.9% on the first half of 2009 to 41,125, while IPC's NME fell 20.6% year on year, and 6% on the previous six months, to 38,486.