RTE Guide's circulation figures more robust in Q2

Circulation figures for Ireland's biggest selling magazine, the RTE Guide, have increased by 4% in the second quarter of 2003.

According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC), figures for the second half of last year show that the magazine's circulation rose from 113,687 to 118,263.

However, although the figure was 4% up on the first half of the year, the magazine's circulation fell 9.5% compared to the second quarter of 2002.

The magazine's rival, TV now, grew its circulation in the six months also by 3% to 35,381.