In a good set of ABCs for News International, The Times was one of only two quality titles to increase its circulation in July from June, averaging 612,019 copies. The Independent also upped its circulation from June, to average 235,289 copies a day in July.
The James Murdoch-led publisher will be further boosted by the news that The Sun was the only UK paid-for national newspaper to increase its circulation year on year in June, up 0.16%. The Sun increased its circulation from June by 1.44% in July.
Meanwhile, the Daily Mail was the best performing of all paid-for national weekday newspapers, in terms of month-on-month changes, increasing its circulation by 1.77% from June to average 2.27 million copies a day last month.
Its Richard Desmond-owned rival, the Daily Express, suffered a 0.9% slip in circulation, to average 735,451 copies a day in July.
Elsewhere within the quality national newspapers sector, the Financial Times and The Scotsman suffered some of the biggest drops in circulation between June and July.
The FT's July circulation of 423,575 copies a day was 4.96% down from June, while The Scotsman's dropped 3.78% from June to 49,422 copies in July.
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