BBC magazines would be a good choice to distribute a magazine similar to the one described. BBC magazines publish titles like "It's Hot" and "Top of the Pops magazine" which appeal to a similar target audience of young females aged 11-16 through celebrity gossip, music news, and posters. BBC magazines also publish "Girl Talk" and "Amy" targeting a younger female audience. The BBC is a major public service broadcaster in the UK, operating television and radio channels as well as magazines, and is editorially independent and funded by an annual television license fee.

1. Q3-Which media
institutions would
distribute your
magazines?

2. A company that publishes a magazine similar to mine.
BBC magazines
They publish magazines such as
‘It’s Hot’ and ‘Top of the
Pops magazine.’ These are
both very similar to my
magazine, as they appeal to a
similar target audience to my
They also publish magazine.
‘Girl Talk’ and
‘Amy.’

3. Audiences they appeal to…
BBC magazines publish magazines
similar to mine. Such as ‘We Love Pop’
and ‘Top of The Pops.’ These magazines
appeal to young females between the
ages of 11-16. They contain celebrity
gossip, music news, free posters, and
boy advice which appeal to teenage girls.
BBC magazines also publish ‘Girl Talk’
and ‘Amy.’ These magazines appeal to
a younger female audience because
they contain features that appeal to a
younger generation such as ‘High
school musical sneak peak’ and
‘puzzles and quizzes.’

4. The Audience my media product appeals to…
Social networking
sites/Facebook/Twitter TV/Film/
Music/YouTube,
ITunes/ CD’s (watching movies
with friends)
Celebrities Socialising
Boybands/singers
(meeting up with
friends, going out
etc.)
Fashion
Celebrity Shopping/ Make-up/
fashion etc. clothes jewellery
shopping.

5. How the magazine brand is used across different media…
The BBC publishes ‘Top of the
Pops’ magazine. Apart from
being a magazine Top of the
pops has its own website. This
shows it is a well established
magazine.
This was taken from the BBC
website. As you can see they do
not just own/publish magazines. BBC magazines
They own/publish everything
from TV channels such as
CBBC, to radio shows such as
Radio 1.

6. Ownership of the company
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcasting corporation. Its main
responsibility is to provide public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands, and the
Isle of Man. It is the largest broadcaster in the world by number of employees, with around 23,000 staff. The
BBC is based at the Broadcasting House in London and has major production centres in
Belfast, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Glasgow, London and Salford and smaller production centres throughout
the UK.
The BBC is an independent body which is held in trust for the British people. The BBC was most recently given
a ten-year royal charter in 2006 that defines its purposes and allows it to act alone, free from being controlled
by outside forces (free from commercial and government influence.)
Control lies with the 12-person BBC Trust, which replaced the Board of Governors in 2007. Trust members are
paid and are appointed by the British prime minister and are supposed to represent the interests of a broad
cross-section of the British listening and viewing public. Day-to-day management is handled by the board of
management, headed by the director general; its members are appointed by the board of governors.