Now has not been hurt by younger upstarts such as Desmond's New! and Emap's Closer. It is up 0.3% for the last six months to 592,076 and down 6.1% year-on-year.
Heat is not far behind, posting a 0.2% increase for the past six months and 2.2% increase for the year to 566,731. Its stablemate Closer has been one of the star performers in the sector, jumping 15.1% to 385,036 in its second ABC.
At the more mature end of the celebrity market, OK's strategy of securing multimillion-pound exclusives continues to pay off. It jumped 16.7% in the past six months to 570,927 but was down 9.8% year on year. Rival Hello was up marginally by 0.8% but dropped a huge 35.9% year on year to 350,374.
Desmond's most recent celebrity launch New! was down 1.4% to 334,310 in its first ABC.
In the overall women's weekly group, H Bauer's Take a Break dominates the top spot with an unbreakable 1,227,305 readers. This was up 0.2% from last period and up 1.9% year on year. IPC's Chat is the nearest contender, up a strong 5% to 604,582 and 9.4% year on year.
Other strong performers were H Bauer's Bella, up 7.8% to 429,226, a rise of 0.3% year on year. The National Magazine Company's Best follows closely behind with 420,437, up 1.4% and 1% year on year.
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