Magazine Ownership & Regulation

L/O: Research ownership, regulation & institutions involved in music magazines.

IPC Media
Uncut, NME

Bauer Media
Mojo, Q, The Box, Downtown Country, Magic, 4 Music, Kerrang

Condé Nast
Pitchfork

Immediate Media
RadioTimes

Hearst
None

BBC
RadioTimes, BBC Music Magazine, Top of the Pops, Music

Funding and Profit

Sales

Magazines will sell their magazines as a subscription to a reader, they will know the readers location and email address, therefore if they were to unsubscribe, then the media company could message them when a sale is on so that they pay the subscription.

Advertisements

Magazines will try and advertise their magazine in another magazine that appeals to the overall reader that they want to drag in to buy their magazine. They could advertise in other ways that appeals to the reader more. Free advertisement in the publishers other magazines is an option and a very valuable one as well.

O W N E R S H I P

The majority of magazines are published by nine companies but their titles make up nearly 75% of the market. This means they have a massive influence over audiences and their companies will only get bigger as they control most of the market.

Media Regulation & Law

IPSO are the regulation company for media and magazines that came into place after the breakdown of the PCC (The previous regulation company), they regulate and check the content of media and magazines to see if they comply with the code of conduct. They listen to complaints and investigate into complaints within magazines.

IMPRESS are the regulators for more digital media and magazines, they will involve in modern magazines rather than classic ones and attempt to help with the code of conduct for digital magazines. They also work about the public trusting the modern magazines.

Magazines have to follow the editors code which explains what magazines can and cannot do. There are set rules that they have to follow for their magazine to be legal. There are only certain things they can write and certain people they can feature.

The Future Of Magazines

Digitalisation of magazines has greatly affected to industry. Magazines are now created digitally rather than through a press, this is cheaper, quicker, more efficient and easier. Digitalisation has also brought along easier access to the articles.

Magazines that are printed will not survive, not many people will have the effort to buy and collect them. Digital magazines will survive but will not be as popular, there is enough open source information on the internet that people can access for free.