The first conglomerate which I chose was:

They own many synergies,Some examples of these are:

These are a few example of the company owns as they also own Film magazines and apps.

2. The types of magazines that they own are music magazines and also film magazines. For example two types of music magazines conglomerates which they own are:

Billboard Billboard started in 1894 and was founded by William H. Donaldson and James H. Hennegan. It was first started out as a publication for the Billposting business as they thought they needed a publication which would inform the roving bill posters of news in the music industry and the business.

The magazine was first called Billboard advertising but it was changed to The Billboard in February 1987 then Billboard Music Week in 1961 and finally Billboard in 2005. It was first published on a monthly basis in America like it is today and cost 10 cent per issue. The magazine was

'Devoted to the interests of advertisers, poster printers, bill posters, advertising agents and secretaries of fairs.'

By the magazine’s first anniversary the price went up to $1 and contained 16 pages instead of 10 now as the magazine is more popular and printing and more expensive it now sells at a $6.95.

Clio Music Awards

Clio Music Awards are known as the world’s most recognized international awards completion. They hold awards for media types such as advertising, design, digital and communities for companies and individuals as well as its annual ‘Lifetime Achievement award’. Billboard are partnered with Clio Awards by advertising each other in articles, using artist promotions, music marketing, brand collaborations and the use of music and advertising in short commercials as well as using tour concepts which are also sponsored and partnered between them.

Billboard music awards

Billboard have their own music awards which they were given as an honour which they give awards for outstanding chart performances such as albums and song and artists of the year as well as other awards such as rising star and milestone. The first awards were given out in 1989 and continue to be a big award ceremony every year. Also many celebrities and host the awards such as Phil Collins, Chris Rock and Paul Shaffer.

Billboard Charts

Billboard sponsor a range of charts as well as having their own . The most famous one they sponsor is the US Top 40. This is usually aired on the radio on a weekly basis and has been aired since 1998, which were hosted by a range of people. This is where they countdown the Top 40 songs in the charts, which were brought to the number 1, spot which the artists aim for. Although they sponsor them the name has been changed several times such as American Top 40, Billboard Hot 100 and American countdown.

Vibe

The conglomerate which I chose was:

They own many synergies,

Some examples of these are:

Vibe

Buzznet

Buzznet is a social media platform which members can share photos, journals and videos of and about their personal intrests. Buzznet acxts like a social networking sites but unlike others it focuses on the partispation of others in a community which are situlated around ideas, events, music, celebrities, the media and their iintresests unlike other networks which are mainly based Around the idea of messaging and profile pages. Buzznet usually use vibe by usuing their magazine articles on their website as a talking point for their membersmostly around the music element of the website. Vibe also involve Buzznet bvy suggesting their readers to look at the website if they are intrested in a topic in their magazine.

Vibe was first launched in 1993 in partnership with ‘Time Inc’ Originally the magazine was called ‘Volume’ before the editor Scott Poulson-Bryant gave it the name vibe. In 1996 it was brought by Miller Publishing and then shortly after Spin brought it.

After some time in was again by The Wicks group in 2006. In 2009 they announced that they were ceasing the publication of vibe immediately. After it shut down ‘Intermedia Partners’ brought the magazine. The added Uptown magazine to Vibe parent’s company.

In 2013 it was announced that the magazine was brought by Spin Media again. They still wanted to shout down the magazine but they cut the magazine’s frequency to quarterly.

VIBE Vixen

VIBE Vixen was a magzine that was targeted for females of Vibe magazine. It covered sterotypicall topics that females like to read about (Fashion, Beauty, dating, Entertainment and societal issues for ‘Urban Minded Females’) The magazine was meant to be released in autum in 2004 as the sales were concidered considered successful enough for the magazine to be issued on a quarterly basis. The Vibe magazines advirtesed each other in eachothers articles by adding their name in the contents or adding a bit aboult the other magazine near the end of the magazine.

Different Vibe platforms

(VIBE ONLINE, VIDE ON DEMAND, ViIBEFILM, MVIBE)

VIBEONLINE- An online version of the Vibe Magazine, so readers can still acsess it even if they don’t have the physical copy of the magazine.

VIBE ON DEMAND- The magazine on a demand network.

VIBE FILM- An online video channel

MVIBE- A wireless conntent provider of the magazine (CD and DVD lines, Phones, Ipads and Iphones)

Vibe Awards

The vibe awards are a set of awards which Vibe gives to music artists and bands. It started in 2003 and aired its annual awards show through to 2006 on program company UPN and VH1 Soul in 2007. So on the program they tell people to buy or look up the magazine online as it will have information about the awards in it, giving publicity for the magazine, program and artists.

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Best Rapper Alive Tournament

On July 21st 2008 Vibe launched the ‘Best Rapper Alive’ tournament. They did it by having four brackets (: Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Eminem, and Andre 3000) and they battled till there was two standing then the viewers voted for their winner (Eminem)

When he won he said:

"It's obviously an honor to have won the fans' support by being voted the Best Rapper Alive. I don't think that there is any one rapper that is simply the best though. Everyone who was in consideration and many others are the best at certain things, and at what they do. But since VIBE's offering the distinction, hell yeah I'll accept!"

By Vibe pairing up with the artists and by Eminem saying this it gave VIBE a lot of publicity as the fans of Eminem would hear about the magazine and hopefully buy a copy in the future as it givves the impression that their idol reads and knows about the magazine so they should read it too.