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Immediate Media Co, the special interest content and platform company in the UK, has recorded its third consecutive year-on-year circulation growth for its market-leading titles, confirming the continued resurgence of demand for special interest magazine brands. Immediate posted a combined print and digital circulation of 2,508,680 July to December 2021, up 5% year-on-year. It also continues to be the UK’s leading publisher for subscriptions with 1.2m subscribers, up 9.3% year-on-year.
“These are a fantastic set of results. That we’ve continued to grow our reach in print as restrictions have been eased illustrates the enduring popularity of our trusted market-leading brands. And it demonstrates the success of our strategic focus on quality content, helping our audiences get more from the things the love, whether that be gardening, cooking or bringing to life the latest big TV hit. The strong performance across our print portfolio, both on the newsstand and on subscriptions, combined with double-digit growth in our digital business and the return of our live events last year, has helped us celebrate our 10thanniversary in style.”
Tom Bureau, Immediate Media Executive Chairman
Immediate Media has been part of Hubert Burda Media since 2017 and publishes some of the UK’s most popular titles such as Radio Times, the UK’s leading authority on television and best-selling weekly subscription title as well as BBC Gardeners’ World, Britain’s biggest-selling gardening title.
Immediate’s results underline strong consumer demand for content that helps people get the most from doing the things they love. Across the key verticals in which it operates, Immediate consolidated its market-leading positions. Please click here for the complete press release.
