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Magazines: Changing Representations

The magazine industry and its audiences

  • 3 things to know
  • A2 Unit 3

Overview

Main revenue streams of a commercial magazine, significance of advertising revenue to a magazine's content and conglomerate ownership.

What you need to know

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Key term

Explain vertical integration with a magazine example.

Key term

What are the main revenue streams of a commercial magazine?

Key term

Explain the significance of advertising revenue to a magazine's content.

Questions from this subtopic

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  1. 1

    What are the main revenue streams of a commercial magazine?

    Model answer

    Cover price sales, subscriptions, display and native advertising, events, brand licensing, and affiliate income from links to products.

  2. 2

    Explain the significance of advertising revenue to a magazine's content.

    Model answer

    Because advertisers are buying access to a defined readership, the magazine must keep delivering that readership, which shapes the subjects it covers and the tone in which it covers them.

  3. 3

    What is a media pack and who is it for?

    Model answer

    A media pack is the document a publisher supplies to potential advertisers, setting out the readership profile, circulation and advertising rates so that advertisers can judge whether the audience is the one they want.

  4. 4

    Define conglomerate ownership.

    Model answer

    Conglomerate ownership is the control of many separate media companies or titles by a single large parent company, often operating across several media and several countries.

  5. 5

    What is diversification and why do magazine publishers pursue it?

    Model answer

    Diversification is moving into different products and markets such as events, television, e-commerce and podcasts, which spreads risk at a time when print revenues are falling.

  6. 6

    Explain vertical integration with a magazine example.

    Model answer

    Vertical integration is owning successive stages of the chain, as when a publisher owns the title, its printing operation and its distribution arm, so the margin at each stage stays within the company.

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