IPC Media’s Uncut magazine saw only a 1% drop in average readership in the last six months of 2012 – holding on to the slightest of increases year-on-year – while NME saw a 16.6% drop year-on-year

NME saw only a slight 3.7% decline in the second half of 2012 with its average net circulation dropping from 23,924 in June to 23,049 by the end of December.

While the mag was sporting a 17.6% year-on-year decline in June last year, it ...