Overview Of Current affairs Magazines

 


Print sales volume of magazine titles in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2011 to 2018. (in million copies sold)


  • More and more people are starting to get their news from TV, radio, or social media. People can also download and look at magazines online, which is slowly killing the print industry.

Top 10 U.K. Magazines by Circulation 2019

  1. The National Trust Magazine - a circulation of more than 2.4 million
  2. ASDA Good Living – circulation of over 1.8 million
  3. Slimming World – Published seven times a year, with a circulation of over 560,000.
  4. Radio Times – weekly television and radio programme listings magazine that boasts a circulation of more than 519,000.
  5. Take a Break – published weekly and has a circulation of 432,000.

  • The first current affairs magazine on that list is Private Eye at number 27

The Prospect was first launched at in September 1995 and released their first issue in October 1995. David Goodhart said during this time they “more liberal than conservative in political outlook but stood for nothing much more than good writing (especially essays and long form writing), independence of mind and an optimistic realism about human affairs.”

The Prospects first issue mainly focused on political freedom and growth within the economy, but as the years go on, the magazine added new sections and features to appeal to a wider audience and move with societies growth. In 2001, Alexander Linklater started to introduce different essays and articles on culture and arts. They also began publishing short stories and very distinct choices of cartoons. This began to attract a lot of attention. After the 9/11 attack the magazine had a change and focused mainly on foreign policy such as Islam and democracy and the tensions beginning to emerge between the US and Europe. Into the 2000s the Prospect decided that in a policy sense they were going to try to be less political. David Goodhart has also stated that in recent years they “continue to diversify away from politics and current affairs”.


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