H2 2014 ABCs: NME down 23%, Rock Sound up 2.2% YoY

Coral Williamson

Latest ABC figures for the six months ending December 31, 2014 show just one music magazine’s sales rising year-on-year: the monthly Rock Sound.

The magazine saw total average sales rise to 13,516, up 2.2% from 13,139. It’s the second consecutive YoY rise for the rock mag, which had a circulation of 12,406 (377 digital) at the end of 2012.

Publisher Patrick Napier said: "Rock Sound is aimed at the millennial age group that aren’t supposed to buy magazines any more. It’s ...

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