This document discusses finding a publisher for a proposed mainstream music magazine called "Popular." It identifies that a big publisher would be needed to distribute the magazine widely given its mainstream appeal. Examples of large media institutions that publish and distribute magazines include Bauer Media Group and Time Inc. UK Media. Bauer Media is discussed in more detail, noting that it operates in 16 countries, publishes a variety of magazine genres including music, and has a large budget and global reach to distribute magazines worldwide. The document concludes that Bauer Media would be the best publisher for the proposed mainstream music magazine.

1. Question 3

2. Who would distribute my music
magazine ???
My music magazine popular is a mainstream music magazine that
focuses on all of the hottest artist right now. Examples of
mainstream music magazines are company's such as ‘Q” and Rolling
stone.
By my music magazine being mainstream this will mean that it
would appeal to a massive audience … so I will need a big
publisher that distributes and publishes magazines that go out to
a wide audience .

3. What is a media institution ?
A media Institution is a company which
dispatches and produces media contents
such as magazines for consumption

4. Where would an institution dispatch
their products?
Typically media institutions dispatch the
product such as a magazine to shops such
as HMV or supermarkets where it would be
purchased

5. What type of media institutions are
out their?
Examples of media institutions :

6. Time Inc.Uk media
Previously known as IPC media is a multinational
publisher and is the UK’s leading consumer
magazine and digital publisher. This companies
seems to publish predominantly female genres
of magazine and as mine is mainstream so
aimed at female and males this may not be the
correct publisher for me

7. I have chosen …

8. How can you get a media institution to
produce your product?
Before having the product produced you can
pitch your idea to those who are willing to listen
to your idea and maybe publish it in this case an
institution such as Bauer.

9. Background information on Bauer
Bauer Media Group is a Multinational media company which
is based in Hamber, Germany and operates in 16 different
countries world wide. It is privately owned by the Bauer family
which suggest where the name of the company came from.
From research it seems that they not only do magazine
publishing but also advertisement, Radio and TV which gives
them a lot of range.

10. Why ?
BAUER MEDIA produce mainstream magazine
not only music magazines but a variety of
magazine and an example of this is ‘Q’ music
magazine. They have a big budget on production
of the magazines and this is ideal for me as my
music magazine ‘POPULAR’ is mainstream and
would need to be distributed throughout the
world in large quantities and I believe that
BAUER MEDIA is the best company for this.