Institutional data 'Overview of Magazines'

The NME, a strong online and live brand which has recently launched a radio station, saw its circulation drop 12.1% in the past six months, falling to 56,284. Year on year the IPC Media title is down 17.4% from 68,151.

Bauer-owned Kerrang suffered a bigger fall dropping 21.6% in the six months to 60,290. It has lost 27.9% of its sales in the past year falling from 83,610 and putting it only 4,000 copies ahead of the NME.