CSP MUSIC VIDEO - music industry

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CSP MAGAZINES the wider industry, key terms

I may spin off further posts, but I intend to build up hub posts on each CSP. On magazines there will be a post for Tatler; Reveal; and the wider industry/key terms.

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DIGITISATION, DISRUPTION, CONVERGENCE; CIRCULATION DECLINE + AD MIGRATION:

Even the iconic Q magazine may go as Bauer considers 10/100 brands in the light of coronavirus losses. (May 2020)

Between the covers: how the British fell out of love with magazines

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/sep/14/between-the-covers-how-the-british-fell-out-of-love-with-magazines?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Copy_to_clipboard

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CONVERGENCE/DISRUPTION/WEB 2.0:
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RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT READING/RESEARCH:
Conde Nast goes from 2017 profit to huge 2018 loss (Guardian).
Wiki list of UK mag sectors. Separate link for the Wiki A-Z mag listing. It doesn't actually list them all though - so: Tatler Wiki + Nat Mags list (owner of Reveal before Hearst UK)
Compare women's titles to men's like Maxim (Wiki), Esquire (Wiki; covers archive; Amazon kindle listing). GQ (Wiki; Amazon kindle edition).
MagForum - it hasn't been updated for a good while, but still an excellent resource (this link is for women's mags, there are more sections)
Wiki list of UK mags
Magazine.co.uk women's mags listings
Miss Vogue - teen brand
ABCs womens mags Aug 2018 (PressGazette)




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CSP MAGAZINES REVEAL downmarket women's gossip mag

I may spin off further posts, but I intend to build up hub posts on each CSP. On magazines there will be a post for Tatler; Reveal; and the wider industry/key terms.

BASIC DESCRIPTION:

A celebrity/gossip mass market (downmarket) women's magazine that was closed by publisher Hearst in Sept 2018 after circulation fell by 75%, though Hearst maintains a large portfolio of women's magazines. Originally published by NatMags (Wiki), which Hearst merged with another European acquisition, Hachette Filipacchi Médias (Wiki), in 2011 to form Hearst Magazines UK (Wiki).

CSP MAGAZINES TATLER upmarket ABC1 society mag

I may spin off further posts, but I intend to build up hub posts on each CSP. On magazines there will be a post for Tatler; Reveal; and the wider industry/key terms.

2020: 'Very Buckinghamshire': how 'society bible' Tatler fell out of royal favour.

Detail from the 2018 'Media pack' on the publisher site

THE WIKI DESCRIPTION:

Tatler is a British magazine published by Condé Nast Publications focusing on fashion and lifestyle, as well as coverage of high society and politics. It is targeted towards the British upper-middle class and upper class, and those interested in society events. Its readership is the wealthiest of all Condé Nast's publications.^[2] It was founded in 1901 by Clement Shorter. Tatler also has editions in local languages in mainland China, Taiwan and Russia. The editions in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines are in English. Tatler promotes indigenous British culture by arranging "debutante ball" events in these foreign countries.

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DIGITISATION, DISRUPTION, CONVERGENCE; CIRCULATION DECLINE + AD MIGRATION:
Amazon Kindle edition







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RESOURCES FOR INDEPENDENT READING/RESEARCH:

Wiki.

Tatler. Their list of top 10 most read articles on tatler in 2017.

Conde Nast (publisher/brand owner) page with media pack link. Media packs detail audiences that advertisers can target through that media outlet. This is typically updated annually: 2018 pack;

Conde Nast goes from 2017 profit to huge 2018 loss (Guardian).

Conde Nast Wiki.

Mail - Tatler sacks a third of staff (2017)
Vice (2014) on Teen Tatler
Guardian on Posh People: Inside Tatler (2014 TV series)
How fashion brands targeted teens; great 2013 Guardian feature looks at new teen titles (all gone or online only [Teen Tatler!] by 2019) + how teens form a good chunk of adult titles readership. See also Tatler teen section, Miss Vogue + check on industry post
Is Tatler doomed? iNews, 2017





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The April 2017 front cover, accessible on the website.

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MAGAZINES Institution - how digital disruption is transforming the print industry

You can find details of the many closures with a simple google.

Every media industry has faced massive, often brutal, change as a result of digitisation. New forms of distribution are transforming ways of operating, with new names like Spotify and Netflix rising to threaten the old, established giants.

The term used to describe this phenomenon and process is disruption, or digital disruption - the smooth ways of doing business have been challenged, changed ... disrupted.

USEFUL TERMS: DIGITISATION; DISRUPTION

INDUSTRY AWARENESS: Because of the challenge of digitisation (young people preferring screens to print, and advertisers moving online, taking their money away from magazines), many titles have closed recently, unable to survive the double whammy of falling circulation (sales) and loss of advertising revenue*. If you really can't find current, ongoing titles, then you can use titles that were published during this current decade.       *magazines generally rely more on advertiser fees than the cover price to make money!


The story seems simple: digitisation means that print magazines are doomed - but there is, possibly, one exception - luxury magazines ... [article link]

MAGAZINE Teen mags and digital disruption

This article is a few years old; the trends (digital disruption; changing nature of teen life, especially for females) it noted have accelerated further since it was published. The general analysis certainly still holds true though...

Teenzines mags, marketing, messaging from DB3igs

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