Magazines: Industries - the appeal of print and independent magazines
Industries: the appeal of print - blog tasks 1) Writer's Edit journal article 1) What is the definition of an independent print magazine? This special feature will focus on a growing area of independent publishing that may surprise you; that of the print magazine. The independent print magazine is characterised as “published without the financial support of a large corporation or institution in which the makers control publication and distribution …“independent” in spirit due to a maverick editor or publisher who leads the magazine in an exploratory, noncommercial direction” 2) What does Hamilton (2013) suggest about independent magazines in the digital age? A small but growing body of evidence suggests that small printed magazines are quietly thriving even as the global newspaper and book industries falter” (Hamilton 2013: 43) 3) Why does the article suggest that independent magazines might be succeeding while global magazine publishers such as Bauer are struggling? This market