Future Publishing's Metal Hammer ended the half year up 6.0% with 48,540 readers, although this was still down 1.2% on the year.

Also making gains was Channelfly's free title The Fly, which saw its readership up 2.1% on the quarter and 11.1% on the year at 105,212, just behind Bauer's Mojo, which posted a 0.1% rise in readership for the half year to 106,367.

Development Hell's Word magazine posted a 1.7% gain for the quarter, although it was down 3.0% ...