TEEN VOGUE

Who owns Teen Vogue? The owner of Vogue are Condé Nast

Conglomeration: Condé Nast Inc. is an American mass media company, it is the subsidiary of the parent company Advance publication. They print cross media titles, print and digital companies (horizontal integration) such as Vogue, Vanity Fair and The NewYorker.

Worth: 13 billion dollars as of August 2016. Teen Vogue is worth 35 million.

Conde Nast: Publish magazines and publish on online forums.

Primary Audience: The Primary audience of teen vogue is teenagers.

Messages: Focuses on current popular culture and issues regarding fashion, beauty, celebrities and the empowerment of women.

Technology: Teen Vogue is published as a magazine as well as online.

Layout: Teen Vogue uses lots of images and colours, with headings and links to the articals. They use simple language including slang and modern and informal.

Teen Vogue Revision

Institution:

Ownership: Condé Montrose Nast, a New York City-born publisher, launched his magazine empire in 1909 with the purchase of Vogue, which was first created in 1892 as a New York weekly journal of society and fashion news.

Condé Nast Inc. is an American mass media company founded in 1909 by Condé Montrose Nast, based at One World Trade Center in Manhattan and owned by Advance Publications.

The company’s media titles attract more than 84 million consumers in print, 366 million in digital and 384 million across social platforms: AllureArchitectural DigestArs TechnicaBackchannelBon AppétitCondé Nast TravelerEpicuriousGlamourGQPitchforkSelfTeen VogueThe New YorkerVanity FairVogue, and Wired.

Roger Lynch was appointed chief executive officer in April 2019. In October 2019, Lynch announced his plans to increase Condé Nast’s revenue from readers. US Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour serves as the U.S. artistic director and global content advisor of Condé Nast. The company launched Condé Nast Entertainment in 2011 to develop film, television, social and digital video and virtual reality.

Conglomeration, vertical and/or horizontal integration:

Condé Nast Inc. is a subsidiary a daughter company of advance publications. Condé Nast Inc. then bought vogue which was first created in 1892 as a New York weekly journal of society and fashion news. this shows vertical intergration as advance publications owns conde nast inc which own vogue.

Cross media titles:

However horizontal intergration is then shown through the distribution of teen vogue through cross media titles. the different cross media titles then show the use of old media and new as their is print media and digital media. This is used to attract more of an audience.

Print

  • Allure
  • Architectural Digest
  • Bon Appétit
  • Condé Nast Traveler
  • GQ
  • The New Yorker
  • Vanity Fair
  • Vogue
  • Wired

Digital

  • Ars Technica
  • Backchannel
  • Epicurious
  • Glamour
  • Pitchfork
  • Teen Vogue
  • Self
  • them.

Condé Nast, the owner of glossy magazines including Vogue, Vanity Fair and GQ,

Income/expenditure:

The high-end magazine publisher reported a pre-tax loss of £13.6m in 2017 – a huge swing from the £6.6m profit recorded the previous year – according to its most recent financial filings made public on Thursday.

The company revealed that revenue was down 6.6%, from £121m to £113m.teen vogue worth 35 million dollars parent company advance publications worth 2.4 billion dollars

  • 150 is the Dunbar number and suggests that that is the stable number of social interactions that people have with others.
  • Companies like Teen Vogue are a subsidiary of the conglomerate Conde Nast and they sell on their users data.
  • Teen Vogue makes money because it asks companies to pay them to sell them data to help them attain an audience.
  • Teen Vogue appeals to their teenage girl target audience by using colloquial language and covering different sectors that stereotypical appeal to teenage girls, such as fashion and beauty and through the use of social media influences that the target audience might recognize.
  • Teen Vogue will appeal to their target audience as they are available on the internet, which will appeal to their target audience as stereotypical teenagers like to use the internet and are “glued to their phone screens”
  • Teen Vogue uses very informal and colloquial language in order to appeal to their target audience by building a relationship with the target audience through using language that they are familiar with and language that they will be able to understand (ie slang words)

About teen Vogue

Teen Vogue is a former US print magazine that has moved online. It started in January 2003 and it last printed a magazine in December 2017. It is a sister publication of Vogue and its target audience is teenage girls. Like Vogue it has articles about fashion and celebrities. Teen Vogue’s editor is Elaine Welteroth. Teen Vogue has an estimated annual revenue of $8 million (statistic from Owler.com).

Vogue and Teen Vogue are owned by the conglomerate Advance. Advance is an American media company that started in 1922. In 2016, it had a revenue of 2.4 billion USD and it employees over 12,000 people. It’s headquarters is on Staten Island, New York.

Vogue

  • Was established in 2003

OWNERSHIP

  • publisher Conde Montrose, from New York City

COMGLOMERATE

  • Conde Nast

CROSS MEDIA TITLES / PRODUCTS

  • LVMH ( include portfolio with products such as Louis Vuitton )

PRIMARY TARGET AUDIENCE

  • female teenagers between ages of twelve to seventeen

INTENDED MESSGAGES

  • cultural differences
  • Teen Vogue claims to be the “young person’s guide to conquering and saving the world,”
  • share content and material that directly contradicts the very basis of human dignity

LANGUAGE COMMUNICATION

  • magazine
  • online website
  • in January 2017, the magazine’s website had 7.9 million US visitors compared to 2.9 million the previous January
  • TEEN VOGUE IS WORTH AROUND $35 MILLION

Teen VOGUE

Originated in January 2003 as a sister company to Vogue as a magazine and finished publication in December 2017. Moving to become an online platform that focuses on fashion and beauty and is becoming more progressive and mentioning politics and current affairs.

The magazine was smaller than the average teen fashion magazines. With a 6.75 inch by 9 inch (17.145 cm x 22.86 cm) allowing it to fit into smaller “digest” slots at checkout areas possibly increasing sales. Also its price of $1.50 was half of other magazines aimed at the same demographic.

Vogue does not have vertical integration itself but is owned by Conde Nast Inc.(founded in 1909 by Conde Montrose Nast) with then owned by advance Publications which has horizontal integration as it owns Discovery Channel, Conde Nast, Wired, Lycos, Angelfire, Tripod and is a major share holder in Reddit.

As Advance Publications owns all these companies it is cross-media with Reddit being a Forum based social media platform, Wired being a culture based news platform that heavily utilize YouTube and Discovery Channel a Informative nature and wildlife based television company that also has non media based ventures like there cycling team and clothing and merchandise store (that has been recognized through collaborations with major fashion companies like North Face)

The online side of Teen vogue Started to pick up in 2016 with 2.9 million US visitors in January but was significantly surpassed by January 2017 with 7.9 million US visitors where it cemented itself as a online media source

After broadening there topics to increase politics after seeing the increase of visitors of 17-20 year olds it has become the sites most read section surpassing the entertainment section.

teen 35 mill advance 2.4 billion

CSP 7 – TEEN VOGUE

Teen Vogue (The Institution)…

  • Teen Vogue is a sister publication to Vogue.
  • Teen Vogue’s Parent company is Conde Nast, which is a subsidiary of Advance Publications.
  • Advance Publications have published and maintained well known and famous magazines such as Vanity Fair and Vogue.
  • It was led by Vogue beauty director Amy Astley and was also created under the guidance of Anna Wintour, who has been the editor-in-chief of Vogue and in 2013, became the editor publisher of Vogue.
  • Teen Vogue is a magazine aimed at Teenage Girls.
  • In 2015, it experienced a decline in magazine sales, therefore it moved all their content online.
  • However, in November 2017, Teen Vogue discontinued their printed magazine issues and instead moved all their media to online, where it is accessed more by teenagers.
  • The articles on the Teen Vogue website are a mix of fashion, politics, entertainment and current affairs news articles.
  • One of the main editors of Teen Vogue is Elaine Welteroth
  • Since Elaine Welteroth has become the editor for Teen Vogue, the previous magazine issue covers involved women of different skin colours (all inclusive) and Welteroth included articles and stories that are about the new faces of feminism and cultural appreciation
  • In January 2018, Elaine Welteroth left Teen Vogue and on February 5th 2918, Samhita Mukhopadyhy became the Executive Editor for Teen Vogue
  • The digital editorial director of Teen Vogue’s website is Picardi.

Some Figures for Concept…

  • Anna Wintour, the main editor of Vogue is estimated to have a net worth of $35 million USD.
  • Teen Vogue has a net worth of $34 million USD and the parent company, Advance Publications have a net worth of $2.4 billion USD
  • It is estimated that around 7.9 million people visited the Teen Vogue website in January 2017, compared to around 2.9 million the previous year (January 2016)
  • The media team on the Website publish around 50-70 articles a day, thus keeping the users of the website up to date with articles that would appeal to the target audience.
  • Teen Vogue had 8,341,000 around visitors in May 2017 and 4,476,000 in 2018.
  • Around 1.7 percent of their May 2018 audience was 17 or younger, while around 2.6 percent were 18 to 24 years old, indicating that their average age of their target audience are teenagers.
  • Teen Vogue’s media sites have attracted a large audience, with around 6 million Facebook likes, huge followings on their official Snapchat and around 3.5 million followers on their Official Twitter profile.

TEEN-VOGUE

  • Editor: Elaine Welteroth
  • First issue date: January 2003
  • Final issue: December 2017
  • Total circulation (2011): 1,045,813
  • Company: Advance
  • Cross-media titles / products: Vogue
  • Genre: Fashion, Celebrities, young culture
  • Audience: Teenage girls
  • Uses and Gratifications: Enjoyment, Knowledge about the world, Strengthen connections with friends
  • 1.7% of 2018’s audience were 17 years old or younger

Teen vogue

Teen Vogue was established in 2003 as a spin off of Vogue, Teen vogue is currently led by Vogue beauty director Amy Astley under guidance of Anna Wintour

Teen Vogue cut back on its distribution to focus on its online content which proved to be more successful than ever before.

Teen vogue

Ownership (INSTITUTION) Condé Nast owns vogue which is owned by an American mass media company called advance Publications (conglomerate) teen vogue is horizontal integration with vogue

Conglomeration, vertical integration

Cross-media titles / products (= INSTITUTION)

Income / Expenditure = 32 million net worth 

Advertising, marketing, product placement etc – in terms of revenue and type of products featured in Vogue (INSTITUTION & AUDIENCE)

Primary target audience = Teenagers

Uses and Gratifications (= AUDIENCE)

Messages sent (encoded/decoded) ie the values, attitudes and opinions of this CSP (or ideology / political & social bias) (= REPRESENTATION)

Use of new technology / relationship to old technology= Online media which isn’t printed but only found on websites and social media to make it easier for teenagers to access.

Layout, language, style, design, words, images, symbols, connectivity = Switched to online media in December 2017 after 14 years of it being printed.

First issue was January 2003

Radical covers with gender neutral covers

About politics lifestyle 1.5 pounds so was affordable

1.7% of may audience for 17 or younger 18- 20 year old market)

Vogue

Audience

Vogue aims towards young girls to empower them, this is seen as the front page is full of stories about strong women foe example “2020 Women’s March: The Most Powerful Protest Signs” This was a protest for rights as a woman.

8 million us dollars

first starting price was $1.50 – cheap affordable

Advance publications-conglomerate

vogue is the sister , vertical intergration

1.7 – 2018 audience were 17 or younger