Good Housekeeping boosts lead over Glamour in women’s lifestyle sector

Hearst UK title lifts combined print and digital sales by 1.2% year on year, as its Condé Nast rival falls by 2.5%Good Housekeeping boosted its sales in the second half of last year to remain the most popular women’s monthly lifestyle title.The Hearst UK title overtook long-time leader Glamour in print and digital sales in the first half of the year, according to the latest Audit Bureau of Circulations figures, published on Thursday. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dahlia Lithwick and Moira Donegan: What Happens When Women Tell the Truth

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Folio: Announces Call For Nominations for 2020’s Top Women in Media Awards

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Katherine Kayne on the Strong Women of Hawaii’s Painful History

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'Nobody in Tesco buys spy books by women': how female authors took on the genre

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