Readers and Viewers

Print has a place in the world of new media, as most people still prefer to read offline, says a new KPMG survey. The auditor is running six monthly surveys on media in general, Media and Entertainment Barometer surveys, carried out by YouGov, this is the third such survey, says a PrintWeek report. According to the latest survey, which spoke to 2,241 people, 86 per cent of consumers prefer to...

Fox News viewers are much more misinformed than consumers of news from other sources. A recent study also shows that greater exposure to Fox News increases misinformation. The findings are from a survey by World Public Opinion, a project managed by the Program on International Policy Attitudes at the University of Maryland. The poll found that nine in ten voters said that in the 2010 election they...

Apple's iPad is killing print newspaper subscriptions, according to a new survey by the Donald W Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri. However, its data also suggests the iPad is becoming a new channel for people's daily news, offering hope that at least some of the iPad-exclusive publications in the pipeline can succeed. Users are predominantly well-educated, affluent men...

France's newspapers are kept in a state of "permanent artificial respiration" by the annual billion euros in state aid they get and badly need to shake themselves up to survive, a report said Thursday. The government-commissioned report lamented that the massive subsidies had failed to create the "emergence or the presence of political and general press titles that were strong and not dependent on...

Following are the top ten language magazines in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 Quarter 1 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). The survey was conducted by Hansa Research. Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 10 LANGUAGE MAGAZINES Rank Magazine IRS 2009 R2 IRS 2010 Q1 1 Vanitha - Malayalam...

Following are the top ten Hindi magazines in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 Quarter 1 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). The survey was conducted by Hansa Research. Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 10 HINDI MAGAZINES Rank Magazine IRS 2009 R2 IRS 2010 Q1 1 Saras Salil (Fortnightly) 21.67 22.09...

Following are the top ten English magazines in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 Quarter 1 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). The survey was conducted by Hansa Research. Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 10 ENGLISH MAGAZINES Rank Magazine IRS 2009 R2 IRS 2010 Q1 1 India Today (Weekly) 18.78 17.88...

Following are the top ten magazines in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 Quarter 1 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). The survey was conducted by Hansa Research. Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 10 MAGAZINES Rank Magazine IRS 2009 R2 IRS 2010 Q1 1 Vanitha (Malayalam) (Fortnightly) 29.0 30.35 2...

Following are the top ten language daily newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 Quarter 1 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). The survey was conducted by Hansa Research. Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 10 LANGUAGE DAILIES Rank Newspaper IRS 2009 R2 IRS 2010 Q1 1 Malayala Manorama...

Following are the top ten Hindi daily newspapers in India, according to the Indian Readership Survey (IRS) 2010 Quarter 1 released recently by the Media Research Users Council (MRUC). The survey was conducted by Hansa Research. Note: These are all readership figures (in lakhs) and not circulation numbers. TOP 10 HINDI DAILIES Rank Newspaper IRS 2009 R2 IRS 2010 Q1 1 Dainik Jagran 160.96 163.13 2...