The Daily Mail and the Daily Express were, as you would probably expect, the biggest beneficiaries of the Royal Wedding in the UK newspaper market last month.

Out of step with trends over the past few years, a resounding six nationals in total recorded month-on-month improvements (the Daily Telegraph, Times, Guardian and Daily Mirror being the others). The Mail even notched a year-on-year rise to boot. Read on for all the figures.

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Sales of the i, the offshoot of the Independent aimed at a younger demographic, have hit an average of 170,000 copies as of last week, according to the first official figures released by its publisher. Read the full story

The traditionally challenging month of December was made particularly so thanks to heavy snow, as all national dailies saw circulation drop in the latest ABCs.

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Richard Desmond’s Daily Star Sunday was the only national newspaper to record a month-on-month rise in a snow-hampered December.

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The magazine industry showed signs of recovery in the first six months of 2010 – in some areas. In others, familiar trends continued. But overall, there was enough to suggest print won’t be surrendering to the digital age just yet.

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Total average circulation per issue: 2,814,745

January to June 2010: Down 4.7 per cent

Year-on-year: Down 5.8 per cent

Reasons to be cheerful: Kerrang! hit a high note with a seven per cent six-monthly increase, reaching 44,013 issues a week on average. Fashion mag Grazia held steady during a tough year, while Top Sante and Yours showed signs of recovery over the last six months, up 4.2 per cent and 4.5 per cent period on period respectively.

Reasons to be fearful: Another 16.7 per cent of FHM’s readership ebbed away between January and June, and Zoo plunged 21.6 per cent over the same period.

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Mail Online remains the most visited national newspaper website for the sixth month in a row. Read the full story