Links to magazine-related websites

This page links to websites about magazines, magazine publishers, design and related information in the UK and internationally. It is organised in sections:

UK sources of information

Magazine blogs

Digital publishing platforms

Consultancies, printers, agencies and software

International sources

Careers and training

To buy magazines and subscriptions

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

Association of Newspaper and Magazine Wholesalers (ANMW) represents Smiths News, Menzies Distribution and Dawson News

Assoc of UK Media Librarians (AUKML)

UK Association of Online Publishers (AOP)

Asians in Media online media and current affairs

BRAD data on publications (subscription)

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

Cover Browser 255,882 images focusing on comics

Creative Review monthly design magazine

Economist archive (1843-2003) subscription-based fascimile pages

Editorial Design Organisation holds regular events

Exact Editions - samples and subs for 60+ digital magazines

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

John Sandilands - celebrating the writer's work by Liz Hodgkinson

Journalism.co.uk

Journalism Studies academic journal

Journalists and journalism page for schools

Magazine indexes by Phil Stephensen-Payne

Magculture.com design blog by Jeremy Leslie

Magforum blog - Magforum spin-off

Marketers' Portal run by ZenithOptimedia

MCS portal for study of media and communication

Mediatel databases for subscribers

Media Week trade paper has searchable archive

Media UK covers magazines andnewspapers

National Federation of Retail Newsagents

NRS National Readership Survey of magazines

Old Classic Car collecting motoring magazines

OZ magazine front covers

PPA Periodical Publishers Association, trade body

Press Gazette weekly trade paper for journalists

Retail Newsagent weekly trade magazine

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

Vinmag Archive holds 250,000 magazines, among other ephemera. Picture agency and research work undertaken

Winning Competitions tips on how to enter

Zinio publishes titles in digital format

Magazine blogs

Exact Editions digital magazines blog

Gale newspaper and magazine archives

Idio digital magazines blog

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

Digital magazine publishing platforms

Capella Interactive media planning and buying agency

Ceros digital magazines and interactive publications

Exact Editions digital magazines blog

Idio 'personalised publishing platform'

MyMag online digital magazines

Nxtbook Media digital magazines

Texterity digital publishing and mobile

Zinio digital magazines and books

Zmags digital publishing software

Magazine consultancies, printers, agencies and software

Capella Interactive media planning and buying agency

Cue Ball consultancy

Idio

Jellyfish search engine marketing for mags

Magazine Marketing Company represents 200 UK magazines

Pira International technical consultancy

Pressmart digital magazine software

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

Times Printers specialise in big runs in Singapore

Web Windows buys advertising space online for clients

Wessenden 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 art-related website

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 US magazines

French comic books, bandes dessinées

IFABC International federation of sales auditing

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 Art in US titles - extensive illustrations and good links

Magazine Boy links to thousands of titles

History of US magazine covers by Gerald Grow

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

Vinmag Archive holds 250,000 magazines, among other ephemera. Picture agency and research work undertaken

Walkleys magazine on Australian media

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

Inddtraining for training on Adobe InDesign

Kingston University postgraduate magazine journalism

London College of Communication (was LCP)

Oxford Centre for Publishing (Oxford Brookes University)

PMA training group in London

PPA magazine careers and training

Winchester University magazine journalism degree

To buy magazines and subscriptions

I luv Mags run by Linda Tresham in Canada

Magazine Cafe run by magazine distributor Comag

Magazine Land subscriptions to 1600 US magazines

Magazinesubscription.co.uk for UK titles

Mags UK for IPC and Haymarket titles

Magshop for subscription discounts on Australian magazines

Magsite lists subscription offers

News Stand offers 3000 subscriptions. Founded in 1996

Planet Free Book download free magazines and newspapers

Tilleys vintage magazines

Vintage Magazine Co stock goes back a century

Vinmag Archive holds 250,000 magazines, along with newspapers, films and posters

Collecting magazines - see also Collecting Magazines page

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

Two Way Books Brighton shop with magazine section

Vintage Carriage Trust 10,000 railway magazines for sale

The Magazine Man hosts advertising

Vinmag Archive holds 250,000 magazines, along with newspapers, films and posters