Links to magazine-related websites

This page of links to websites about magazines, magazine publishers and related information is organised in sections:

UK-based sources of information

Magazine blogs

Consultancies, printers, agencies and software

International sources

Careers and training

To buy magazines

Collecting magazines

Books and book publishers (separate page)

UK sources of magazine information

ABC Audit Bureau of Circulations. Sales figures

Advertising Archives images; buying & selling; magazine valuation

Advertising Standards Authority for complaints

APA Association of Publishing Agencies

Artifact/Intute academics vet sites for creative industries

UK Association of Online Publishers (AOP)

Asians in Media online media and current affairs magazine

Bob's Print Guide - good explanations of printing jargon

BRAD data on publications (subscription only)

British Society of Magazine Editors (BSME)

British Library for history of papers, comics, and magazines

BUBL publishing section. Academics vet sites

Car magazines front covers

Colophon magazine symposium 2007

Computer magazine history by David Viner

Economist archive (1843-2003) as fascimile at Gale

Exact Editions - samples and subs for 60+ digital magazines

Friday Pint for people in media sales; also has blog

Guardian media section on Mondays

Guardian archive dates back to 1899

History of Advertising Trust marketing archive

Independent media section on Mondays

Intute arts & humanities gateway for academics

Journalism.co.uk

Journalism Studies academic journal

Journalists and journalism page for schools

Magazine indexes by Phil Stephensen-Payne

Magculture.com blog and site on design by Jeremy Leslie

Magforum blog - Magforum spin-off

Marketers' Portal run by ZenithOptimedia

MCS portal for study of media and communication

Mediatel databases for corporate subscribers

Media Week trade paper has searchable archive

Media UK covers magazines, newspapers, radio and TV

National Federation of Retail Newsagents

NRS National Readership Survey of magazines

Old Classic Car covers collecting motoring magazines

OZ magazine front covers

Roy Greenslade in the Telegraph on Tuesdays

PPA Periodical Publishers Association, trade body

Press Gazette weekly trade paper for journalists

Roy Greenslade journalism blog at the Guardian

Smallzone for independent comics. Has magazine, Incoming

St Bride printing library on London's Fleet St

Tim Holmes' Magblog

Twiggy's website showing 100+ covers since 1966

Assoc of UK Media Librarians (AUKML)

Zinio publishes titles in digital format

Magazine blogs

Exact Editions has launched a blog

The Friday Pint from advertising sales viewpoint

Magblog by Cardiff academic Tim Holmes

Magculture.com design focus from John Brown's Jeremy Leslie

Magforum's own blog

Mr Magazine from the US

Magazine consultancies, printers, agencies and software

Capella Interactive media planning and buying agency

Cue Ball international publishing consultancy

Jellyfish specialises in search engine marketing for mags

Pira International technical consultancy

Printek Techologies - makers of Spider web offset presses in India

Publishing Software Co for advertising sales, reader replies, subscription management, etc

Times Printers specialise in big, fast runs and handle the big news weeklies in Singapore

Web Windows buys advertising space online for clients

Wessenden magazine publishing consultancy

International sources

Advertising Age US trade title

AEJMC US association for journalism education

American Journalism Review

American Society of Magazine Editors

Art Gallery Worldwide popular art-related website

Chevening scholars journalists funded by British Council

Collecting books and magazines (Australia)

Columbia Journalism Review - Who Owns What

EMPA represents 36,000 European titles

Esquire cover gallery

FIPP represents 50,000 titles in 37 countries

Folio: trade title for the US magazine industry

French comic books , bandes dessinées

IFABC International federation of sales auditing

Independent Media Russian publisher

Irish media information

JEA journalism education in Australia and South Pacific

Jean Snow on design and pop culture in Tokyo

KwMap keyword network for Magforum

Magatopia free magazines online

Magazine Boy links to thousands of titles

Magazine covers collection by Tyler Lee

Magazine Launch covers the details of launching a title

Magazine World quarterly magazine of the FIPP

Media columns in US papers:

Keith Kelly New York Post

New York Observer Sunday media section

New York Times media (subscribers only)

Wall Street Journal media (subscribers)

Business Week's Jon Fine on media

Media groups profiled by Caslon Analytics in Australia

Metal Hurlant covers and catalogue

MPA Magazine Publishers of America

MPA Magazine Publishers of Australia

Mr Magazine US news from Mississippi university

NMCA international cover archive

New Zealand papers and periodicals at National Library

Norman Saunders US pulp men's magazines illustrator

Pixelyn's covers collection [closed] - see Web Archive

The Pulp Zone [closed] - see Web Archive

Time magazine has a free archive

Women's magazines in China project at Heidelberg University

World Newspapers and magazines

Magazine careers and training

Cardiff School of Journalism

City University (London) journalism courses

London College of Communication (was LCP)

Oxford Centre for Publishing (Oxford Brookes University)

PMA training group in London

PPA magazine careers and training

To buy magazines

Cheapest Magazines for subscriptions to 300 titles

I luv Mags run by Linda Tresham in Canada

Magazine Cafe run by magazine distributor Comag

Magazinesubscription.co.uk for UK titles

Mags UK for IPC and Haymarket titles

Magsite lists subscription offers

Tilleys vintage magazines

Vintage Magazine Co stock goes back a century

Collecting magazines - see also Collecting Magazines

26 Pigs to buy and sell mags and comics

ABE Books sells vintage mags - use 'magazine' in keyword

Aviation magazine dealers : four listed in UK

Book and Magazine Collector : monthly magazine from Diamond Publishing

The Book Palace specialises in British comics as well as books

Black Cat Bookshop in Leicester for comics/memorabilia

Collecting books and magazines (Australia)

Crazy About Magazines for celebrity titles

E-Bay auction site

I luv magazines trading website in US

Magazine Collector Club US message board and trading post. Guidance on terms such as 'mint' and 'fair'

PopMagzUK for Smash Hits, Record Mirror, etc

Radio Times collector has some 450 issues

Two Way Books Brighton shop with magazine section

Vintage Carriage Trust 10,000 railway magazines for sale

The Magazine Man hosts advertising

You Must Remember This film magazines and memorabilia