A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
Ownership Structures of Major Film Magazines
1. Mag Ownership
Total Film
Company
Total Film is published by Future Publishing (PLC)
It has offices in the UK in London and Bath – owns the US company Future US
and Future Austrailia.
They published over 150 magazines and over 40 webites.
They have a contract publishing division Future Plus, but magazines and
websites is there main source of revenue.
Structure
Head of offices in Bath
Satellite offices in San Francisco, London, Sydney
The company is divided up in terms of types of magazines:
Technology
Computing
Games
Film
Music
Future Women
Photography
Creative & Design
Sport
Auto
Handpicked Future
Little White Lies
Company
Little White Lies is published by Church of London, a privately owned company.
Their offices are in East London.
They currently published two magazines – LWL and Huck.
Other revenue sources include graphic design, marketing, contract publishing
and event management.
Structure
Church of London is split up into 3 Magazine teams
Little White Lies
Huck
Contract publishing – creating bespoke magazines for companies
Design Agency
2. Creating posters, brochures and prospectuses
Event Organiser
Organising specific movie events and festivals.
Sight and Sound
Sight and Sound is published by the British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a charitable organisation established by Royal
Charter to promote British film and TV, use it as a record in terms of
contemporary society and promote its education.
BFI is a non profit organisation.
Company Structure
BFI
BFI’s headquarters are on the Southbank in London
Within the BFI there are teams working on the following.
The London IMAX cinema
The London Film Festival
BFI Education – Events and Publishing
BFI Archive
BFI – Production, UK Film documentaries.