Eleven Nikkei BP Titles Increase Their Circulations [July-December 2001 ABC Report]

Tokyo -- May 7, 2002 -- Japan Audit Bureau of Circulations (Japan ABC) has announced that the circulations of its 127 member magazines during the period of July through December 2001 reached 20,708,076. Among all the member magazines, those that raised their circulations in the latter half of 2001 against the same period last year was 28, of which eleven were published by Nikkei Business Publications.

What was noteworthy about the announced ABC circulations this time was that two of Nikkei BP's magazines repainted their circulation records. NIKKEI BUSINESS, Nikkei BP's flagship general business magazine, demonstrated its leadership in the field by increasing its circulation to reach the record high of 344,858. On the other hand, NIKKEI PERSONAL COMPUTING exceeded the 340,000-mark for the first time to reach 349,762, up 8.6% from the same period last year. This circulation figure recorded by NIKKEI PERSONAL COMPUTING represents a growth of 48.1% compared to the circulation five years ago. The circulation figure recorded by NIKKEI BUSINESS represents a growth of 19.9% compared to the circulation in 1996. Furthermore, NIKKEI ENTERTAINMENT! increased its circulation to exceed the 120,000-mark for the first time since 1999.

The total circulation of the 35 ABC-member magazines of Nikkei BP showed a decline of 2.6% against last year at 2,282,903. The total circulation of Nikkei BP's 33 titles whose circulation is comparable to the same period 2000 was 2,237,919, which was down 4.5% against last year.

ABC Circulations (July - December 2001)

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