2. Timeline (referenced from www.magforum.com)
1403- manuscript writers
and illuminators set up
stalls around St Pauls
Cathedral, known as
stationers, the centre of
England's printing
industry.
1586- Jose Amman
publishes plates on the
fashions of the day.
Published in Frankfort in
Latin, regarded as first
fashion magazine.
1693- The Ladies Mercury by
John Dunton, at first monthly and
then fortnightly. It concerned 'All
the nice and curious questions
concerning love, marriage,
behaviour...'
1741- First US
Magazine- American
Magazine
1861- First Colour
Photography
1891-The
Strand magazine
launched as a monthly in
UK and US by George
Newnes.
1929- Harper's
Bazaar launched in UK
3. 1967-
Launch
of Rolling
Stone and N
ew York
Magazine in
US.
1972- Cosmopolitan UK
is first international
edition.
1969- Three largest
magazine publishing
houses (Associated-Iliffe
Press, George Newnes
and Odhams Press)
merge to become IPC
Magazines Ltd, as part
of International
Publishing Corporation
Ltd.
1989- Vogue uses bar
codes on front cover
1995- IPC
launches UnZip, 'the
UK's first fully interactive
magazine on CD-Rom'.
Based on content
from New Scientist,
NME and Vox.
2003- Best-selling UK
titles are What's on TV at
1.7m (IPC); Take a
Break 1.2m (H Bauer);
and Radio Times 1.2m
(BBC).
2018- March. Time Inc
UK closes weekly music
magazine NMF
1968- Black American
model and Hair musical
star Marsha Hunt on
Christmas cover of
Queens Magazine.
5. How do magazines
finance and distribute?
Finance- The financial contribution of the buyer
(demographic) to the magazine itself is generally small much of
the cover price goes to the distributor. So, the primary income
comes from advertising
Distribution- It can be sold through bookshops, gallery shops
and or convenient stores, generally anywhere they have a
negotiation with.
6. How do the audience
access them? Due to the development in society from
a technological standpoint, it's become
way easier for people to access these
magazines online, increasingly
becoming a popular medium due to
Covid as it became the only platform in
which the demographic could access
these articles. Thus, being easier for
people to be updated on the on goings
in society. This has also helped
magazines gain some form of income
through subscriptions as daily life has
been altered due to the pandemic.
