To consider how magazine staff are divided in terms of their skills

The Publishing Sector In The UK

• The publishing industry employs over 195,000 people.
• 51,000 people employed in the newspaper sector
• 50,500 work in journals and magazines
• 33,000 in the book industry
• 12,000 in the information service activities

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Job Titles and Teams

This Information is taken from the October/November edition of XXL

The magazine I compared this with was NME.
The jobs listed are different because they focus on different areas on music and need different roles in the job to make sure their magazine is suited to their audience.
They both list the job types such as: Production Director, Publisher and President.
They both use the words ''Editor'' ''Director'' ''Manager''



IPC Media publish NME

What do you think are the responsibilities of a Chief Editor?

• The responsibilities of a Chief Editor are very important as that person is responsible for what the company produces in their media product.
• The main responsibility is to edit the articles given from the reporter to make sure all the articles are correct and sources are reliable.  
•  A Chief Editor must make sure all the Editors are doing the right thing.
• A Chief Editor is the public face of the magazine in all platforms of publication.
• They attend all functions, events and ceremonies.
• every now and then they will write a column piece.
• They must decide on a theme or narrative for every edition of the magazine.
• they lead meetings
• They control the budget
• They publish an ''Editorial Calendar'' to highlight the themes of appropriate months.
• Strategic Planning.
• Overall decision on deadlines.
• Manages Careers.
• Makes all the legal decisions.
• They Build up Contacts.