mens health and oh

mens health:

  • 75% of products sold have been in print form and 25% being digital copies
  • Mens health is owned by Hearst who are an American mass media conglomerate
  • Hearst own a magazine similar to Mens health but for women called Womens health which also uses stereotypes such as colours with Womens health being mainly pink
  • half of mens health demographic is women

oh:

  • left wing
  • average age of reader is 27
  • owned by iceberg press
  • launched in 2010

In modern day magazines have been over taken by the digital world seeing a large decline in sales. I will be analysing our CSPs Oh Comely and Mens Health in order to capture the masculine and feminine stereotypes created by society. To do this I will look at theorists such as Laura Mulvey, Stuart Hall and David Hesmondhalgh. Our CSP Oh Comely is a niche lifestyle magazine owned by a multi media conglomerate, Hearst.

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