Magazines Pre-Production Research
Research into the Industry, Form and genre-
who are Bauer?- Bauer media group is one of the biggest privately-owned media business in the world. Bauer media group was founded in Hamburg 1875, with their owners being the 5 generation of family ownership. Yvonne Bauer is the CEO and the majority stakeholder in the company with 85% ownership.
Bauer Media Group reaches 200 million consumers worldwide, operates in 13 countries, including UK, USA and France. Has 15,000 employees worldwide.
Bauer Publishing UK- The UKs largest selling magazine publisher with products like Closer magazine, launched in 2002, and Grazia which was Britain's first weekly glossy magazine, launched in 2005.
Bauer Publishing UK also produce a women's weekly magazine in Take A Break, which is the UKs best selling weekly title, while also producing TV Choice, the biggest UK selling magazine.
Bauer Media Audio- Within the larger Bauer Media Group is Bauer Audio, Europe's leading digital commercial broadcaster and audio operator. They reach over 26 million listeners through broadcast radio, online services and podcasts.
In the UK, Bauer Audio reach over 20 million listeners a week and operate over 120 commercial, local, national and digital stations, with some big names like; Kiss, Absolute Radio and Magic Radio.
Form- What is the purpose of cross-media production?
Mainly used to refer to news, cross-media production is the coordinated reporting of events in several media outlets (press, radio, television, Internet, mobile phones, and other mobile devices). The production can occur at a single integrated newsroom or involve collaboration among newsrooms from different media.
Genre-What is a real-life story magazine?
A real life story magazine is magazines which are focused on the true stories that happen in the world and are usually out there and outrageous, the main story usually negative.
Some specific genre conventions are that the front cover usually has a big crime story on it, the page is filled with content, almost like it’s a crammed in layout. Many cover lines on front cover all with real life stories that we wouldn’t expect to hear about in our day to day lives.
