Question 3:What kind of

media institutionmight distribute

your media product and why?

Time Inc:From looking at Time Inc’s website, I have found that Time Inc media institution mostly publishes magazines such as ‘NME’ and ‘Uncut.’ These are magazines of a similar genre to mine; however Time Inc also publishes magazines such as ‘Chat’ and ‘Now’ which are more gossip type of magazines. The target audience of most of the magazines which are published by Time Inc are mainly for younger people, such as teenagers or people in their 20’s.

Bauer Media publishes magazines which are aimed towards sports and hobbies such as golf and photography. The music magazines which I found that Bauer Media publishes are magazines such as ‘Kerrang!’ which is a rock genre type of magazine. The age group for this media institution targets mostly older people such as 30+.

Bauer Media:

The media institution out of these two which would most likely distribute my magazine would be Time Inc. This is because my magazine fits their profiles more as my magazine fits more into the age group and target audience, of which the magazines that Time Inc publishes, fit into. My magazine is an indie/rock genre and is similar to ‘NME’ which Time Inc publishes

Indie/Rock genreI have pointed out some of the conventions which are used in this magazine cover and my own to represent how the NME is a similar genre to my magazine.

A few examples are:• Hairstyles• Clothing• Props• Coverlines