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Magazine Distribution and Fulfilment Guide

Frontline Distribution is the distribution company for Take a Break magazine. Frontline was created in 1986 when Emap gave its magazine circulation and distribution business the concept. It gained industry recognition and formed partnerships, making it the largest magazine distribution company in the UK. Frontline's focus is fulfilling the distribution needs of independent publishers by getting magazines to retailers. Take a Break reaches audiences through retail shops, subscriptions, and digital downloads. Retail is when magazines are sold in shops, subscriptions provide guaranteed monthly or yearly deliveries, and digital downloads offer virtual copies for devices.

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Magazine Distribution and Fulfilment Guide

Frontline Distribution is the distribution company for Take a Break magazine. Frontline was created in 1986 when Emap gave its magazine circulation and distribution business the concept. It gained industry recognition and formed partnerships, making it the largest magazine distribution company in the UK. Frontline's focus is fulfilling the distribution needs of independent publishers by getting magazines to retailers. Take a Break reaches audiences through retail shops, subscriptions, and digital downloads. Retail is when magazines are sold in shops, subscriptions provide guaranteed monthly or yearly deliveries, and digital downloads offer virtual copies for devices.

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Unit 1 Fact sheet Mo Miah

Distribution

Distribution refers to a way media products reaches to an audience

Distribution company for Take a Break

Frontline:

[Link]

Frontline is the distribution company for Take a Break magazine. They are a distribution company that
was created from an idea to create the first dedicated magazine circulation and distribution business
managed by specialists and experts in its field.

In 1986, the magazine publisher Emap gave the


concept its magazine circulation and distribution
business. Its value quickly gained industry recognition, and in 1988, Haymarket Media Group joined
Frontline in a joint venture. Two years later, Frontline entered another partnership (with BBC
Worldwide/Immediate Media Company, making Frontline the largest magazine sales, marketing,
company in the UK.

In 1994, Seymour Distribution emerged as a joint venture agreement between Frontline and Hachette
Distribution Services. Frontline's focus is to fulfil the distribution requirements of independent
publishers. Frontline are incharge of getting the magazines to the retailers for them to be bought.

Distribution Methods
Getting the Magazine:

Retail:
Retail is the method of distribution which refers to the selling of a magazine in a shop, the transaction
of money for a product.
Transactions are made in lots of shops such as: Tesco, Morrisons and Newsagents. Many shops ,
Stationary shops like WH Smiths and Petrol stations, sell them also.
The Take a Break magazine sells the magazine for £1.50. This is good for the target audience as it is
easy and convenient to purchase as many people go to
the shops every week and the magazine is always
there, you can go to the shop and preview it so see
what is in the magazine before you purchase it.

Subscription
A subscription is a regular or one off payment to subscribe to a service or
product.

You can purchase a subscription through this link:

[Link]
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A monthly subscription for Take a Break print and digital is £3.40.

A yearly subscription for Take a Break print and digital is £38.80.

Subscriptions are good because you are guaranteed a copy of a magazine, it is also delivered straight to
you door so you do not have to worry about going out to buy or it being sold out in shops, it can be given
as gifts to friends or family and you can often save money through a subscription.

Digital Download
A Digital download is a one off payment where you will receive a virtual copy of
the magazine.

You can purchase a digital download Take a Break through this link:
[Link]
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A monthly subscription for Take a Break digital download is £2.09

A yearly subscription for Take a Break digital download is £20.99

Digital Downloads are good because you are guaranteed a copy of the magazine on your device, it is
delivered through email and it takes a couple of minutes to download so you don’t have to go out and
purchase one when you can read it on your device. It can be bought as gifts to family members or
friends, it is also good because it is usually cheaper than the real magazine.

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