Magazine industry

Magazine Industry

The article featured in the Sunday times speaks about how the UK will no longer print Marie Claire (beauty and fashion magazine). After it being included in newspapers for more than 3 decades, it is no longer as popular due to social media and blogging taking over. Some magazines that only come out a few times a year limit production. Magazines are finding ways to still capture an audience’s attention that isn’t found online. Now you are able to find most magazine contents online.

The Big Issue

-          First published in 1991

-          Most widely circulated street newspaper

-          Hybrid genre (entertainment and social business)

-          Entertainment aspect attracts advertising revenue

-          Editorial content is often critical of big business, banking and champions with political cause and role of the individual within society

-          Costs £2.50/£1.25 goes to the trader

‘ETHICAL CAPATILISM’ – John Bird

-          Like a stamp

-          Sans serif- without curl

-          Serif- with curl

-          The big issue of homelessness, the issue in the magazine

-          Social and political messages/