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For this section I am going to talk in depth about the distribution companies

that distribute magazines of similar style and genre to see what kind of

companies will publish my magazine;

firstly the production company of amagazine that will be similar to mine

will be the company that produces I-D

magazine, Vice, which began life as a

magazine before expanding into

books, film, TV, advertising and online

video, has acquired the bi-monthly

fashion title to fuel its burgeoning

digital ambitions. The company

intends to use i-D's 90,000 printfollowing as a launch pad into the

fashion market with an online video

channel. Vice Media, Inc. is an

American youth media company and

digital content creation studio

operating in 36 countries. It was

started in 1994 by Shane Smith, Gavin

McInnes and Suroosh Alvi as a punk

magazine titled Voice of Montreal.

Vice Media has recently expandedfrom its Vice magazine, building out a

multimedia network including the website Vice.com as well as a network of nine

other digital channels including Vice News, a TV and feature film production studio,

record label, and a book-publishing division. This is the company that is responsible

for the publication of I-D magazine. In mid-August 2013, 21st Century Fox invested

US$70 million in Vice Media, resulting in a 5 percent stake. Following the

announcement, Smith explained, "We have set ourselves up to build a global

platform but we have maintained control." June 2014, it was reported thatTime

Warner was negotiating to acquire a minority stake in Vice Media; among thecompany's plans were to give Vice Media control over the programming ofHLNa

spin-off network ofCNN which had recently struggled in its attempts to re-focus

itself as a younger-skewing.

Vice media would be a prime candidate to be the production company as they have

really good financial backing from major conglomerates like time warner and 21st

century fox. It is a company that is expanding massively in many different outlets

such as its own news channel. They have a good grasp of how to produce a magazine

as they have shown when producing their own very successful magazine but also

that of i-D magazine.

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The second production company I am going to look at is the production company of

the magazine Clash the Company that produces this magazine is non-existent as oflate. Its magazine title was published 12 times a year and it had a circulation of

around 40,000. To advertise their brand,they link with festivals (such as RockNess

and Get Loaded) and concerts around the country. But at the minute the magazine isdistrubuted on the internet via clashmagazine.com. This is a unique magazine in the

fact that it doesnt publish physicaly copies regularly as it used to, it useed to prodcue

many magazines (40,000) and was published bimonthly. They changed the style in

which they distribute it to a website as maybe they think that they are ahead of the

times and that their audeince will benefit and expand when the magazine is produced

online for everyone to access from the comort of their own homes. The website itself

is massively popular as they still need to make a profit, becasue they dont sell

physiclal copies the webiste has to be very busy to make money in add revenue to pair

with the online price of the magazine.

This would b an interesting avenue to take for my magazineas i do share the same

beliefs and i do think that have the magazine avaiable online rather than having

physical copies is the future and way forward. But i would prefer for my matgazine to

be produced in a physical copy as it will be seen as not just informative but

aethetically pleasing and a collectable if you like.

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The final institution that I am going to analyse is the one that produces huckmagazine as I can take a lot from this magazine as it fits the same style and genre of

my magazine. It is published by London-based media company TCOLondon, which

also publishesLittle White Lies magazine. Huck is stocked by leading bookstores and

art galleries, including London'sTate Modern and New York'sMuseum of Modern

Art.It is distributed around the world and available in the UK, France, Belgium,

Germany, Poland, Croatia, Malta, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Ireland,

USA, Canada, Australia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Brazil. TCOLondon is a

London based production company that is quite l0ow budget. I could not find out too

much information about this company as they do not have a Wikipedia page and nota lot of information about this company can be obtained We are a new breed of

Media Company. The heart of TCOLondon is comprised of two award-winning, global

media brands: Little White Lies, your passport to truth and movies, and Huck, the DIY

culture bible. Both have a loyal following of urban trendsetters in print, video and

online. We also work with great brands. Our writers, artists, filmmakers and

photographers craft content marketing, or native advertising, that connects our

clients to bigger human stories. Is about the best I could get and is a quote from

their website.But what I can gather is that the company is, as Ivealready said, low

budget but Is growing in size and aspires to make huck magazine a less sort of

alternative magazine but break into the mainstream category.I believe that this can

be achieved as they styling of their magazine is up there with the best indie

magazines like clash and i-D.

This company would also be a good candidate because they are again expanding and

have a loyal fan base but also my magazine is sort of based from most of their work

in DIY magazine and huck.

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