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EMPIRE MAGAZINE

EMPIRE MAGAZINE

Empire is a British film magazine published monthly by Bauer

Consumer Media. From the first issue in July 1989, the magazine was

edited by Barry McIlheney and published by Emap. Bauer purchased

Emap Consumer Media in early 2008. It is the biggest selling film

magazine in the United Kingdom and is also published in the United

States, Australia, Turkey, Russia, and Portugal. Empire organises the

annual Empire Awards which were sponsored by Sony Ericsson, and

from 2009 sponsored by Jameson.

FACTS AND STATISTICS.

Editor- Jane Crowther

Categories- Film

Frequency- Monthly

Total circulation (June 2013)- 60,912[1]

First issue- 1997

Company -Future Publishing

Country- United Kingdom

Language- English

Website- www.totalfilm.com

FACTS ABOUT EMPIRE MAGAZINE!

Empire is the WORLD’S LARGEST movie magazine

Empire is the 2nd biggest UK men’s monthly magazine

Dominates the UK film market with over 70% circulation share, outselling its

nearest competitor by almost 100,000 copies

Empire has over 57,000 subscribers

47% think that the Empire brand is better than all or most other magazines

With the magazine, iPad, empireonline.com, social media and our

international editions, Empire reaches over 2.5 MILLION of the most

dedicated movie fans on the planet.

EMPIRE MAGAZINE

Mission Statement

Below is the mission statement for Empire Magazine:

“I’ve been editing film magazines for 12 years and we have never seen a slate like this. If

you look at 2012 you have got your Batmans, Spidermans, James Bond is returning. The

Avengers is now the third biggest movie of all time. It’s a huge, huge booming business.

Empire is growing at an astonishing rate. We have just become the second biggest men’s

magazine in the UK and we’re adding international editions all the time. Empire is an

incredible opportunity. Our readers have film at their heart but they also have a large

disposable income and an interest in a number of other products whether that is cars,

phones, fragrances or holidays. These are people with broad horizons and deep pockets

and I think that is what makes them really attractive to advertisers.”

TOTAL FILM

Total Film is a UK-based film magazine published 13 times a year (every

four weeks) by Future Publishing. The magazine was launched in 1997

and offers cinema, DVD and Blu-ray news, reviews and features. Total

Film is available both in print and interactive iPad editions.

Each month, Total Film provides a range of features, from spotlight

interviews with actors and directors, to making of and on-set pieces for

new and future releases. Each issue always includes the Total Film

Interview, which is a six-page in-depth chat with an actor or director,

along with a critique of their body of work.

FACTS AND STATISTICS

Editor- Jane Crowther

Categories- Film

Frequency- Monthly

Total circulation (June 2013)- 60,912[1]

First issue- 1997

Company- Future Publishing

Country- United Kingdom

Language- English

Website - www.totalfilm.com

ISSN- 1366-3135

KEY FEATURES OF TOTAL F ILM MAGAZINE

One of the main sections of this magazine is the Dialogue. It is the

section where readers can interact with the magazine, it contains readers'

letters, emails and feedback from the magazine's social media followers (TF's

Forum, Facebook and Twitter). Each month, Total Film offers a DVD for each

published missive. A regular feature within Dialogue includes Office Spaced

where snippets of conversation from the TF office are shared.

Buzz The Total Film news section, providing details on upcoming films,

includes first look photos, on-set visits and exclusive "sneak peeks". Regular

features include: Ever Met Tom Cruise? where a behind the scenes person is

interviewed, e.g. a stuntwoman or a casting director; You Talkin' To Me? where

stars answer questions posed as famous film quotes and Red Light, Green Light

for what is hot and what is not in movieland. Also included is the 60 Second

Screenplay, which is a cut-down, humorous version of a movie script. Alex Zane

writes a column for Buzz titled Citizen Zane, where he talks topical film subjects.

The next key section of this magazine is the Agenda Billed as being for the sharper movie fan, this

section often previews more eclectic and less mainstream releases and players. Richard Ayoade from The IT Crowd

writes a column for Agenda.

The Screen which is The main cinema reviews section, with every new movie for that month reviewed

and rated. Major releases receive comprehensive coverage, with a star rating out of five, the magazine's own Predicted

Interest Curve—a graph that demonstrates which moments of a film are likely to hold the viewer's attention and a

short Verdict. Also briefly listed are similar recommendations under See this if you liked... Smaller films receive a

concise review and rating. The end of the section is devoted to the current U.S. and UK box office charts, an irreverent

flashback to an old issue and summaries of any films that were not shown to journalists in time for that month's print

deadline.

Lounge TF's home entertainment guide, including reviews of the latest DVDs and Blu-rays, as well as

some games, soundtracks and books. Regular features include Is It Just Me?, where a TF writer gets to rant about a

particular (often controversial) film-related point of view, with readers then given the right to reply via the TF Forum or

website; Instant Expert which gives a rundown of the key facts you need to know about an actor, director or movie

genre; and TF Loves which picks out a certain scene or character rated by the magazine.

FANGORIA

FANGORIA

Fangoria was first planned in 1978 under the name Fantastica as a companion to the

science fiction media magazine Starlog; just as Starlog covered science fiction films for a

primarily teenaged audience, Fantastica was intended to cover fantasy films for a

similar audience. The publishers were anticipating a groundswell of interest in fantasy

owing to the plans at that time for bringing Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian to

the screen, plans first announced in 1978.

The Conan film did not arrive until several years later and, when it did, no groundswell

in the demand for fantasy films occurred. But before the magazine was even launched,

other factors intervened to change the magazine's focus and direction. The first issue was assembled under the editorship of "Joe Bonham," a pseudonym taken

from the quadriplegic hero of Dalton Trumbo's pacifist novel Johnny Got His Gun. This

was a cover for Rolling Stone contributor and screenwriter Ed Naha and writer Ric

Meyers, best known for his encyclopedic Great Martial Arts Movies: From Bruce Lee to

Jackie Chan.

FANGORIA

Shortly after the publishing trade press announced the coming launch of

Fantastica, the publishers of a Starlog competitor, Fantastic Films magazine,

brought suit on the basis of "unfair trade," contending that its young audience

would be confused by the magazine's similar title.

The launch of the magazine was delayed by several months as the court

deliberated the issue. When, in early 1979, the decision was made in favor of the

plaintiff, the publishers of Fantastica were without a usable name, and a pressing

need to get the long-delayed issue to the printers. Some quick brainstorming

sessions resulted in the name Fangoria, over the objections of Robert "Bob"

Martin, who was hired as editor during the delay.

FACTS AND STATISITCS

Editor- Chris Alexander

Categories- Horror (beginning with Issue 7), originally Fantasy

Frequency- Monthly (10 issues annually)

First issue- 1979

Company- The Brooklyn Company, Inc.

Country- United States

Website- www.fangoria.com