What kind of media institution of publisher might distribute your product and why?
The magazine that I have created is based off of most other Hip Hop magazines such as Vibe. However the only issue that I think my media product might have is that it features more teenagers well only teenagers rather than middle aged men with gold chains galore written all over it.
My magazine isn't necessarily demographic but similar as it isn't as well known as certain mainstream magazines however it is evident that it is there and I believe that teenagers know about it rather than people that are much older avoiding the idea of it being a niche audience. So I do believe that companies like Vibe and The Source would be publish my magazine to enable them to gather a larger audience than just middle aged men which in turn would increase there popularity amongst other magazines.
With most of the magazines that I have seen since they are well known and popular can afford to seem there product at prices that would seem ridiculous to any other random magazine. Some Vibe magazines that I have seen sell there product at £5 or even £7.99 however due to my product being no where near that market range I will sell it for 99p and due to this I can start of small and most likely try and work my way up.
In order to make my magazine diverse and not just on paper knowing that my audience is mostly teenagers and social media is a big thing I will be having my product on different formats enabling myself to have a larger audience. Due to this I can essentially benefit from all areas of the fragmented audience that I will be facing whether it be on social media or as an actual magazine.
Due to this I will be enabling a type of cooperation between my magazine and the social media format of creating form of technological convergence between the two individual different platforms (Convergence) by doing this I wont just be reliant on one technological format of attracting my audience.
The audience that I have for my targeted audience is very big as it is not segregating my audience in to small categories apart from the age range other than that it is open to all and that's why I think Vibe would distribute my product as it stands out and means something to the public. Furthermore the initial concept of having a teenage music magazine will help attract a larger audience as its something new and it could create a buzz around the magazine essentially making it go viral.
The initial problem with my magazine is that I wouldn't be sure whether or no it would attract the audience that I'm trying to get, as there is always the possibility that I have portrayed the teenage audience in a bad way and that it wont allow me get the audience that and therefore will make me underachieve. This could be a reason for why this media institution of publisher may reject my product and look elsewhere if I haven't represented the social group correctly therefore it becoming subverted.
However if I have portrayed the social groups I want correctly and also attract an audience along with it there isn't a necessary reason for them to not publish my magazine other than it not suiting the targeted audience that they initially have in mind. What I mean by this is that the targeted audience that I have in mind for my magazine is teen friendly and the content inside of it is the same and therefore doesn't really contain any graphic content that most people wouldn't be okay with.
However looking at the target audience for Vibe there magazine is mainly focused on middle aged men and are made to suite that demographic rather than the audience that I am making my magazine for therefore making it difficult for me to try and get them to produce my magazine product.
Unfortunately media institutions like XXL wouldn't want to publish my magazine due to the demographic being so much more different and would leave my magazine in a complacent state and not attracting any form of audience due to it being outshined and being surrounded by a niche audience that already have a taste for a much different take on Hip hop magazines rather than mine which is new and upcoming.
