What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Megan Finch

IPC Media

• IPC Media is the UK’s leading consumer magazine and digital publisher, with more than 60 brands, ICP creates content for multiple platforms, across print, online, mobile, tablets and events.• We engage with 26 million UK adults – almost two thirds

of UK women and over 40% of UK men.• One award winning portfolio of websites reaches over

25 million global users every month.

BBC

• BBC Magazines was the magazine publishing division of BBC worldwide. The massive corporation had a long history of publishing magazines including the Radio Times which was first released back in 1923. • BBC’s magazines range from adult to pre-teen to

education and pre-school. The most well known of their magazines would be Radio Times, Top Gear and Top of the Pops.• BBC’s Top of the Pops is the magazine which I have

been taking inspiration from for my own. The magazine was first released in 1995 along side it’s own TV show,

Bauer Media

• They have more than eighty influential media brands, spanning a wide range of interests, including HEAT, GRAZIA, MCN, FHM, Parkers. • The business is built on millions of personal

relationships with engaged audiences.• Bauer Media also has the market leading music and

entertainment titles, Q, MOJO and KERRANG! Q harnesses the music and lifestyle audience, MOJO continues its crusade for timeless music and KERRANG! rocks its audience every week.

Seymour /Front Line • Seymour is owned by the Front Line Group. They are the

largest distributor of UK magazines internationally, exporting magazines to over 90 countries.• As the UK’s leading magazine sales, Frontline marketing

and distribution company, representing 42% of the magazine category, we sold 309m copies of our 800 different magazines through over 55,000 retail outlets ranging from the biggest superstore to the smallest newsagent.