Johnston Press PLC The i newspaper sees record increase in readers (6055D)
July 08 2016 - 2:00AM
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Johnston Press PLC
08 July 2016
Johnston Press plc
The i newspaper sees record increase in readers
Johnston Press plc ("Johnston Press" or "the Company"), is
pleased to announce that it has continued to increase readers of
the i newspaper since it was acquired in April 2016, at a rate
which is ahead of management's expectations. The last week's sales
show daily circulation consistently over 300,000, peaking at
319,000 on Friday 29 June. The i's advertising revenue for the same
week was also the highest it has been since the acquisition.
These figures show a further increase from the week of the
Referendum, indicating a continued desire for impartial and
informative journalism, highlighting the vital role that newspapers
play around major milestones for the country.
Last week also saw a record amount of traffic to the inews.co.uk
website breaking through the 1m page views per week barrier for the
first time since its April launch with 1.65m page views. Sunday 26
June saw the highest number of page views in a day at 434,431.
Since the website was only launched 10 weeks ago on April 14,
management are encouraged by this strong start.
Notwithstanding the Referendum, which has evidently been
beneficial for newspaper groups in general, i's circulation and
readership has steadily increased under the ownership of Johnston
Press and editorship of Oliver Duff. By comparison, during the
month immediately prior to the acquisition, i had an average
audited circulation of 270,182 (Source: ABC March 2016).
Enquiries
Johnston Press
Ashley Highfield, Chief
Executive 020 7612 2601
David King, CFO 020 7612 2602
Bell Pottinger
Dan de Belder 020 3772 2561
Henry Lerwill 020 3772 2570
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