Sunday, 18 October 2015

Distribution of magazines

There are many forms of distributions that most if not all magazines use. One includes online distribution by offering subscriptions. Both VIBE and XXL offer subscriptions, however XXL offer a digital subscription rather than through the post. Magazines do this as it makes it easier for audience to receive the magazine as they don’t have to leave their houses to purchase it. Also, people prefer subscriptions as they can get discounts rather than paying full price for each copy.

Another way of distributing magazines is by selling them in stores, which can have problems. A problem of this can be some magazines not being purchased by customers, so the store is forced to send them back to the publisher. This is a disadvantage as it is a waste of money, as well as paper, making it harmful to the environment.

In addition to this, another way of distributing magazines is by giving them out for free at tube stations, allowing a wide range of people to receive the magazine, and possibly attracting more people to the magazine.
Both music magazines use social media to generate readers. They have their own pages, which keeps them up to date with artists and new songs/albums etc. they provide competitions, quizzes in order for readers to feel a buzz and excitement.
https://twitter.com/xxl


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