Evaluation Question Three

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

IPC Media Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Time Inc., is a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year.

They deal with 26 million adults in the United Kingdom, under 60% are female and over 40% are male. Their award winning portfolio of websites also gains around 25 million users world wide.

Publishing

They only publish one music magazine, NME

They can succeed selling wise because they are so unique

IPC Media is such a well known company meaning they have alternative options with regards to advertisement and can get help from such a big media institution.

NME is the only music magazine published by IPC Media

A variety of companies that IPC Media publish for

Distribution

I expect my product to be distributed in leading supermarkets such as ASDA, Sainsbury’s and Tesco. I would also want my product to be distributed in newsagents and local corners shops.

I am aware with the way technology is advancing and I’m aware with how a lot of people own smartphones and tablets and other portable devices, so I hope to release my product on online platforms as well as releasing print copies, that way there’s more options for the audience to acquire my product.

Subscriptions

Near enough every magazine offers fans to subscribe to their magazine, to follow yet another convention, as will mine. This will allow readers to have the privilege of having the magazine to their home, and for a discount.

Due to technology advancing, I will have a website which will include exclusive information, it will be updated regularly during the day, keeping up to date with rock music and all the news, it would follow a similar colour scheme to my pages to keep consistent.