So what are Media Institutions?
A media institution is an established, and often profit based organisation, that deals in the creation and distribution of advertising, entertainment and information services.
Magazine publishers in the UK
Bauer media group
Bauer media group is a multinational media company which originates in Germany and is operated in 16 countries worldwide. The company was founded in 1875 and is now privately owned. They produce around 38 million magazines a week, including the biggest selling music magazines; Q, Kerrang! and Mojo.
http://www.bauermedia.co.uk
Bauer media group would be a good choice for my music magazine as it the most established media publications. If my magazine was published by Bauer then it would be along side some of the most famous magazines, this makes Bauer sound like a very well organised company that makes the magazines that they publish sell. Although the magazines that they are currently selling are not my genre they have many different magazines genre so they do not just cater to one style of music. As we know Kerrang! is a rock magazine and Q is mainly based on chart music, they are two very different styles of music so I think that Bauer would benefit from having an Indie style music magazine.
Oyster house media
Oyster house media is the UK's number one independent publisher of newsstand music magazines. The main magazines they publish are Namely, Drummer, Guitar Buyer, Acoustic magazine and bass guitar magazine.
http://www.oysterhousestudios.co.uk/index.html
Oyster house is good for a small magazine about a specific thing such as acoustic instruments or country magazines. None of these magazines are the same as mine and even though it does not cater for Indie it is not as well established as Bauer so therefore I think I would prefer to go with Bauer media group.
Bauer media group would be a good choice for my music magazine as it the most established media publications. If my magazine was published by Bauer then it would be along side some of the most famous magazines, this makes Bauer sound like a very well organised company that makes the magazines that they publish sell. Although the magazines that they are currently selling are not my genre they have many different magazines genre so they do not just cater to one style of music. As we know Kerrang! is a rock magazine and Q is mainly based on chart music, they are two very different styles of music so I think that Bauer would benefit from having an Indie style music magazine.
Oyster house media
Oyster house media is the UK's number one independent publisher of newsstand music magazines. The main magazines they publish are Namely, Drummer, Guitar Buyer, Acoustic magazine and bass guitar magazine.
http://www.oysterhousestudios.co.uk/index.html
Oyster house is good for a small magazine about a specific thing such as acoustic instruments or country magazines. None of these magazines are the same as mine and even though it does not cater for Indie it is not as well established as Bauer so therefore I think I would prefer to go with Bauer media group.
BBC Magazines
BBC magazines is a branch from the company BBC. It publishes magazines such as Top of the pops, Radio times and top gear.
BBC magazines do not have any major big music magazines which might suggest that they are not well known for the premium magazines. When I was looking for publishers I did not know that the BBC published any magazines, therefore I do not think I would pick these as they do not have any magazines with the same genre as me and also it is not that well known.
IPC Media
IPC media is another privately owned company which was founded in 1958. It is most known for the magazines NME and Uncut.
http://www.ipcmedia.com
I think that IPC MEDIA would be the best media institution for me, as it already publishes NME which is the closest magazine to mine. Also it is well known so people would recognise that my magazine is published by IPC. However if I did have IPC as my publisher then I would have a competition of NME which is based on tht same genre and has the same target audience.
I think that IPC MEDIA would be the best media institution for me, as it already publishes NME which is the closest magazine to mine. Also it is well known so people would recognise that my magazine is published by IPC. However if I did have IPC as my publisher then I would have a competition of NME which is based on tht same genre and has the same target audience.
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