Wednesday 8 September 2010

my favourite publications


 MICHAEL OKAFOR

A summary of 3 publications yo would like to partner with. classify.
i.flag ship titles
size of the organization
include news stories

BAUER MEDIA GROUP: Bauer media group is a large German publishing company based in Hamburg, which operates in 15 countries worldwide.Since the company was founded in 1875, it has been privately owned and under management by the Bauer family. It was formerly called Heinrich  Bauer Verlag KG, abbreviated to HBV and usually shortened to H. Bauer

SIZE OF THE ORGANIZATION: Bauer Verlagsgruppe has been managed by four generations of the Bauer family. Originally a small printing house, The Bauer Publishing Group has grown into a worldwide publishing and media company. The Bauer Publishing Group comprises 282 magazines worldwide in 15 countries, as well as TV and radio stations. Bauer started in the UK with the launch of Bella magazine in 1987 and as H Bauer Publishing became Britain's third largest publisher. Bauer further expanded in the UK with the purchase of emap Consumer Media and Emap Radio in 2008 to become the UK's biggest publishing group. The companies continue to trade as H Bauer Publishing - MD David  Goodchild, and Bauer Consumer Media - CE Paul Keenan.[2]

CIRCULATION: Worldwide circulation of Bauer media group’s magazine title amounts to 38million magazines a week.

FLAG SHIP TITLE:  EMPIRE:  Empire is a a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer consumer  media. From the first issue in July 1989, the magazine was edited by Barry Mciiheney and published by Emap.  It is the biggest selling film magazine in the UK and remains Bauer’s biggest selling publication.

RECENT NEW STORIES :  Freelancer attack Bauer media rights-grab contract the headline reads. Music writers and photographers who do not sign new copyright contracts  at Keriann and Q magazine by the end of the week will be forced to leave, aggrieved freelancers have claimed.
 A group of free lance contributors claim that the new contracts issued by publisher Bauer Media: remove copyright and all financial, legal and moral rights form freelance writers and photographers, while simultaneously requiring that the freelances provide Bauer with an unlimited lifetimefinancial indemnity in the event of legal action arising from their work.
 I would love to work with Bauer Media due to with their global successes and entertaining reads found in their publications .  

TRINITY MEDIA: Trinity media UK is one of the UK’s largest newspaper publishers, with an award winning portfolio including
five national newspapers
over 150 regional newspapers
500 plus digital products

SIZE OF THE ORGANIZATION 
the group employs over 6500 people in more than 71 locations across the UK including nine print sites.   
Flag ship title: trinity mirror.
Recent news stories: historic  newspaper link to Manchester severed in deal worth £44.8m,£7.4m of it in cash, but excluding channel M local TV. The guardian media group severed its historic newspaper link to Manchester today with the  sale of its regional media business to trinity mirror.     

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