The document provides an overview of several magazines, including Closer, Take a Break, that's life!, and Yours. It summarizes their target audiences, types of content, and key aspects. Closer focuses on celebrity news and real-life stories for women ages 25-45. Take a Break offers puzzles, prizes and lifestyle content for mothers ages 25-51. That's life! has a humorous tone and gritty stories appealing to C2DE women. Yours magazine focuses on health, fashion, community and positive stories for women celebrating being over 50.

1. Pre-production

2. Combining the news, gossip and
glamour of the celebrity world with
extraordinary and compelling real-life
features, Closer connects with its reader
by getting to the very heart of every
story.

3. CLOSER CELEBRITY
Closer covers the very best celeb news and features from a unique angle, making them relatable to our readers. By illustrating
celebrity stories with real people, we make the showbiz world more accessible.
CLOSER REAL LIFE
The Closer features team break powerful, thought-provoking stories. Our real-life content celebrates the extraordinary things
that make ordinary people so fascinating. Whether it’s a serious emotional read, a quirky tale or a hard-hitting news story,
our features never fail to capture our readers’ imaginations.
CLOSER LIFE AND STYLE
Closer’s lifestyle content is useful, glamorous, aspirational and affordable. Readers love our inspirational, wearable style because we help
them to look their best and spend their money wisely. Our fashion shoots are applauded for showcasing the hottest trends on realistically
sized models.

4. Closer digital edition
Readers can download and enjoy
their favourite magazine to get their
celebrity, real life and style fix
wherever they are
Weekly newsletter
Closer to you! delivers the latest
need to-know celebrity news, real-
life stories and exclusive
competitions straight to your inbox
every Wednesday.
CLOSERONLINE.CO.UK
Closer Online delivers the latest
news, features and entertainment
updates. Providing expert opinion
and commentary alongside the
inside scoop on the day’s events, it
brings Closer readers the first look
at the best pictures and the most
current updates on the most
provocative stories of the day.
Whether it’s on Facebook, Twitter,
Tumblr or Closeronline.co.uk itself,
our audience is opinionated,
responsive and highly engaged.

5. S T A T S :
97% female
65% ABC1
48% Married
or living with partner
53% Children aged 0-15
Mean age: 38
In employment: 73%
The Closer reader is 25-45 and at
the heart of modern family life.
 The health and happiness of her
and her family are her main
priorities. She places importance on
following a balanced diet and tries
to exercise regularly.
 Her life is really busy – she is likely
to be juggling work with being a
mum and running the household.
 She likes to keep on top of the
soaps. She loves fashion and likes
to go shopping listing New Look,
River Island and Next as her
favourite places to shop.
 She comes to Closer for its unique
mix and breadth of content
 Closer readers are extremely loyal

6. Carefully combining fascinating stories,
brilliant puzzles and generous prizes,
alongside women's lifestyle features, Take a
Break not only delivers the sharpest, most
original and entertaining magazine in the
market.
Take a Break is an exceptionally interactive
magazine, which both engages readers and
makes them incredibly responsive - in fact it
receives well over 100,000 reader
communications every week.

7. REAL LIFE STORIES - The stories tackle
tough subjects and do so with a
supportive narrative to them. They can
make you laugh, make you cry and while
they can be sometimes shocking, the
magazine tries to have a positive spin on
every situation.
COOKERY - Take a Break recipes
offer quick and easy meals to
make for busy mums, but with a
twist! The affordable but tasty
options
PUZZLES AND COMPETITIONS -
Offering the highest prize value
every week, take a Break’s
puzzles are loved by our readers
and are an integral part of the
magazine.
BRAND EXTENSIONS - As well as Take a
Break magazine, we also publish a
number of brand extensions (monthly
specials, puzzles etc) that sell more than
10million copies a year.
FASHION AND BEAUTY - The
fashion pages are full of
affordable and wearable
fashion, and our beauty pages
help readers with practical and
relevant expert advice and
showcase a selection of brands
from the high street to high-end
and everything in between
HEALTH - Our health advice is relevant
and provided by our trusted in-house
doctors who are practising GPs
TRAVEL - Our travel pages give practical
and inspiring ideas for a range of breaks
to suit everyone.

8. Take a Break readers are aged 25 to 51, and 1.2
million of them are mums
Readers are likely to own
their own home, and to be
married and have children.
Readers are not just head
of their household, but
also the decision makers
on which brands make it
into the house.
Our readers put
their family and
friends first, but are
active and engaged
members of their
wider community.
They are keen
shoppers and make
up a fifth of the UK
grocery spend.

9. Its unique mix of sassy, gritty and
involving editorial talks to its readers in
their own language. This ensures it has
one of the strongest reader
relationships of any magazine in the UK
and is incredibly thoroughly read, with
readers devouring every last page
Our readers are busy mums and
workers, the backbone of the family
who see that’s life! as a friend and an
inspiration when things turn tough.

10. PUZZLES AND COMPETITIONS:
Offering twice as many prizes as
its nearest rival and six pages per
week of puzzles, that’s life's
puzzles and competitions receive
thousands of correspondences a
week, both online and through
the print product.
BRAND EXTENSIONS:
As well as that’s life! magazine,
we also publish a number of
brand extensions (Seasonal
Specials, Crime Scene special etc)
that sell over 350,000 extra
copies a year.
HUMOUR:
Every week we publish jokes
and letters from readers and
they contribute to our light-
hearted features such as
Aren’t Men Daft, which
allows them to share the
silliness of the men in their
lives.
LIFESTYLE - COOKERY, HEALTH, AND BEAUTY:
Our readers want to look and feel good so they are interested in beauty
and make-up and easy-to-understand health advice. that’s life’s! in-
house beauty expert Matilda receives more than 200 requests a week for
beauty advice and our in-house GP offers practical advice on a host of
health issues, particularly around relationships and raising children.
Readers love the cookery section and can make something delicious
every week for the family from simple ingredients.
REAL-LIFE STORIES:
Our stories are attention-grabbing
and not afraid to be gritty and
shocking. However, that’s life! has a
real sense of humour that comes
through its stories, and sometimes
even hard-hitting content can be
witty and more light-hearted. The
magazine wants to shock, entertain
and be thought-provoking.

11. The reader is a
C2DE female
She is head of the household and is the
decision-maker on what brands make it
into the house.
readers are mostly mothers of
younger children aged 0-15.
They put their friends and family first
and enjoy nothing more than spending
time surrounded by those they love.
that’s life! is written for, and by,
the reader. Readers enjoy
submitting stories, photos and
competition entries, allowing
them to be part of the magazine.

12. Yours magazine puts its readers at the
heart of everything we do and they
reward us with unprecedented levels of
loyalty, trust and engagement.
We offer highly relevant, trusted and
useful advice, whether it’s to help
readers look their best, to stay healthy
and active, to enjoy their free time or
to manage their money better. We
celebrate 50+ women too, whether
they’re overcoming difficulties or
achieving amazing things.

13. THE YOURS COMMUNITY
Yours readers love to share – whether it’s memories, laughter or useful information. Meeting Place is the heart of the magazine and
Britain’s biggest and liveliest letters page.
HEALTH, FASHION & BEAUTY
Our readers want to look and feel their best, so we provide trusted expert advice in every area. Our health advice is relevant, but
positive. Our fashion pages always feature affordable, figure-fixing fashion.
CELEBRITY AND REAL LIFE
Our cover stars aren’t just ‘celebs’ – they are stars with integrity, warmth and values that our readers share. Our readers want insight,
not scandal. Our real-life features celebrate women who have shown courage against the odds or are making a difference in the world.