Magazine Presentations

 Everybody in the class made presentations on another magazine of their choice. We then made notes on their presentations, including specific information from the presentations.

 

      Closer:

 

·       British women’s magazine.

·       Specialises in celebrity news, gossip, fashion, television/entertainment and real life stories.

·       Women aged between 16 and 40.

·       Weekly circulation 539,991.

·       Sold for £1.30.

·       They sold 467,048 copies at the end of December.

·       They have a website, app and magazine. The website and app is aimed at the younger generation as they tend to use more technology nowadays.

Match:

 

·       Weekly British football magazine.

·       Published in 1979.

·       Aimed at the teenage and pre-teenage market.

·       Main audience is 7-19 years old.

·       The readership figure is 46,233. – The figures are quite low compared to other magazines that Bauer owns. – Mainly rely on parents to buy the magazines for the child.

·       Features free gift, which would appeal to a younger audience.

·       Focuses on advertising online on a wide range of footballing sites.


Spirit and Destiny:

·       A magazine concerning the spiritual wellbeing of its readers.

·       Demographic – ABC1 women from ages 25-44.

·       Circulation – 46,580.

·       Readership – 121,108.

·       Advertises spiritual books on their website.


Empire:

·       Britain’s leading monthly film magazine.

·       Published by Emap, however Bauer bought Emap consumer media in 2008.

·       ABC1 demographic of 15-34 year olds.

·       Circulation – 167,096.

·       Readership – 734,000.

·       It features in depth reviews, film previews.

·       It has monthly competitions for prizes from its sponsor


Q:

·       25+ year old music buyers.

·       Aimed at male and females.

·       Reviews of new music releases, films.

·       It is published monthly.

·       Readership of 77,522 – However the readership is declining and has had a 16.7% decline in just one year.

·       The technology that it uses includes TV, radio, website, magazine and a newsletter.

·       40/166 pages are advertisements.


Car:

·       The magazine is aimed at ‘car lovers’.

·       Circulation – 54,171 (Jan-June 2012).

·       Readership – 160,000.

·       Aimed at 15-55 year olds.

·       Demographic - A, B, C1.

·       Advertises different car models and manufacturers.

·       Reviews different cars that have just been released.

·       The magazine has a website and a Facebook and Twitter page.

·       They include a newsletter on the website for which readers can subscribe.


Heat:

·       Audience is ABC1 women, aged 16-35.

·       It comes 11^th within all magazine sales in the UK.

·       It is £1.65 per issue.

·       Circulation of 500,000.

·       Features celebrity gossip and information about reality TV shows.

·       It is published weekly.