media ownership ( The Vinyl Factory)

ownership in magazines company's

The Vinyl Factory:

• The Vinyl Factory was established in 2001.

• The Vinyl Factory started as a vinyl record pressing company plant, but has since grown to operate a vinyl record only label.

• The Vinyl Factory also publishes FACT music website, born from Fact Magazine (UK), and owns the iconic Phonica Records in London.

• The Vinyl Factory manufacturing division, is based at their vinyl pressing plant, located on the site of the century-old EMI plant at Hayes in Middlesex.

• Part of the British music industry, it is the plant that produced records by the bands like The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Sex Pistols.

Media ownership ( FACT Magazine )

ownership in magazines company's

if big music magazine company's such as 'Bauer Media' continue to buy out magazines smaller companies and independent companies will find it increasing harder to sell there magazines to consumers, which then will result in the smaller companies to stop producing their magazines, as there will be no market for them . whereas FACT Magazine is a good example of how a smaller company even though faced with the competition have made it in the magazine industry.

Fact Magazine:

• FACT was made in 2003 as a british music and youth culture magazine which was sold monthly.

• in 2005 FACT went digital 

• in 2009 FACT became exclusively an online magazine, after the website status overtook printed copies.

• Fact's strategy was centered around the download and streaming of exclusive tracks. 

• Every week Fact also offered free mixes by DJs.

• in 2014 FACT owns the status of  one of the internets most popular music publications , and it owns online TV Channel, FACT TV. 

• In 2007, controversy was caused when Dr Martens placed an advertisement in FACT featuring manipulated photographs of a number of dead rock musicians so that they appeared to be wearing the company's boots in heaven. When families of some of these musicians saw the advert, they reacted angrily, leading Dr Martens to dismiss their advertising agency, Saatchi & Saatchi.

magzine layouts in shops (analysis and photo)

here is a photo taken in a local convenience shop of the magazine arrangement in the shop, here we can see that the magazines are split into sections being that the more child friendly magazines are lower in order to be seen by younger children between the ages of 3-11 they are both broken up into male and female as well , to right of the children magazines their are colouring books and puzzle book which could also be considered for children , As well as the older generation for passing the time eg) on the bus or in the doctors.

above the children's there are the more teenagers to young adults magazines, eg) fashion and gossip magazines such as heat and look! magazine.these are place in the middle as they would be the first thing seen by teens the height is just eye level for average high of a women.

and at the very top above the gossip and fashion magzine are the mens magazines which include more adult magzines , fitness magzines and gaming magazines typically at the top the more grown magazines are out of sight and mind,of any childrens hands, this is the reson they are place the mens magzine at the very top which i lodgic makes perfect sense.

This magzine display is pretty standard as they are what is expected a magzine layout to be like . the ordering of the magzine sections is cleverly done as i goes up in age from young to older.