The publishing industry in the UK generates £6 billion in annual revenue. It includes magazines, books, directories, and newspapers. Vogue is an influential American fashion magazine published monthly by Conde Nast, aiming at readers aged 20 and older. Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music that is published weekly by Bauer Media Group, which operates magazines and media brands across 16 countries. New digital platforms like smartphones and tablets provide magazines new opportunities to reach more readers and increase sales.

1. Media sector
Publishing

2. Description and Size, shape and structure of the
publishing industry
• The magazine industry is pretty big. It has 2,681 business in the United
Kingdom and the revenue is a Annual fee of £6bn. The publishing aspect of
the industry is made up of diverse groups of industries including
Books, Directories, mailing lists, Journalists, magazine and business media
and newspaper ETC.

3. Companies
• Vogue. An American fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published
monthly in 23 national and regional editions by Conde Nast. Vogue means
“In Style” in French. Conde Nast is the owner of the vogue magazine
collection, Conde aims at fashion every month when they publish. The age
aimed in this magazine would be about 20+. All together Conde produces
18 consumer magazines she has 27 websites and has more than 50 apps
for mobiles and tablets.

4. Companies
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Kerrang! Is a UK-based magazine devoted to Rock music published by Bauer Media
group. Circulation is 42,077. The founder is Alan Lewis first issue at 6th June 1981
published weekly. Bauer Media group industries in publishing and broadcasting is
a multinational media company that has one headquarters based in
Hamburg, Germany which operates in 16 countries around the world. Worldwide
circulation of Bauer Media group’s magazines titles amounts to around 38 million
magazines a week. They also publish take a Break, Bella and That’s life!. Bauer
Media brands Q magazine and Kerrang. Bauer has a 50% stake in the British
Company BOX television the other half owned by Channel 4, which also includes:
4Music - The BOX – Heat – Kerrang - Kiss - Magic - Smash Hits.

5. Other magazine products
• There are other platforms that can have magazine stuff on it such as
Blackberry, IPod, IPad ETC. This gives magazines a huge advantage of
having more buyers, with the technology these new platforms have
everyone has one of them so the sales will increase vastly.