This is my music magazine institution research

1. BY LUKE BATSON
MUSIC MAGAZ INE
INST I TUT IONS
RESEARCH

2. HARRIS PUBL ICAT IONS INC.
• One of the worlds leading multinational Magazine
publishers.
• Harris Publications was founded in 1985 by Stanley R.
Harris.

3. COMPANY HISTORY
• Harris Publications was founded in 1985 by Stanley R.
Harris, who had been in the magazine publishing business
since the late 1950s.
• harris Publications started with music, then went onto
producing comics which Stanley specialised in from
previous work and now has a range of areas( sports,
lifestyle, mens mags etc.).
• One of Harris Publications first successful and long-running
titles was Guitar World, which it published
beginning in 1980, before selling the property to Future US
in 2003.

4. PUBL ICAT IONS THEY MANAGE:
• Harris Publications inc. Manages over 75 titles, including:
• XXL
• Slam
• Guitar world
• Vampirella
• elektro
• 0-60
• Celebrity hairstyles

5. XXL

6. ABOUT XXL
• XXL is an American hip hop magazine, published by Harris
Publications and founded in 1997. In August 1997, XXL
released its first issue. It featured rappers Jay-Z and
Master P on a double cover.
• Other titles with limited runs have been launched under the
XXL brand, including Hip-Hop Soul, Eye Candy and
Shade45.
• XXL has released many other special projects including
tour programs, mix tapes and exclusive DVDs. XXL also
maintains a popular website, which provides daily hip hop
news, original content and content from the magazine.

7. ABOUT XXL
• XXL main target audience is for anyone who has a love
of Hip Hop. XXL is a magazine that is aimed at
African-American people between the ages of 18-40
year olds.

8. FUTURE PLC
• Founded in 1985 by Chris Anderson, as a UK company
with just one magazine.Today Future specialises in
high-quality multi-media products, creating over 200
specialist publications, apps, websites and events.

9. COMPANY HISTORY
• From an idea for one computer magazine to an
international multi-platform media group, Future has
been built on a creative, innovative and competitive
culture.
• Future to Pearson PLC for £52.7m in 1994, but bought
it back in 1998, with Future chief executive Greg
Ingham and Apax Venture Partners, for £142m.In 2001
Anderson left Future.

10. COMPANY HISTORY
• In 2006, it was the ranked the sixth-largest media
corporation in the United Kingdom. It publishes more
than 180 magazines in fields such as video games,
technology, automotive, cycling, films and
photography.
• In March 2014, it was announced that the company's
CFO Zillah Byng-Maddick would become the
company's fourth CEO in nine years on 1 April 2014
after Mark Wood, CEO since 2011, stepped down.

11. DIGI TAL CAMERA WORLD

12. ABOUT DIGI TAL CAMERA WORLD
• Digital camera world magazine is one of the worlds
best in the photography industry.
• Its aim is to tell keen photographers about the new and
upcoming events in the photography world.
• It gives in-depth reviews on the latest digital cameras
and lenses.and key event that might intrest
photographers.

13. ABOUT DIGI TAL CAMERA WORLD
• Its target audience if for:
• Anyone from professional photographers to beginners.
• It has a target age from 16+.