Summit Media

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Summit Publishing Inc.
(T/A Summit Media)
Private
Industry Publishing
Founded Mandaluyong, Philippines June 1995
(29 years ago) (1995-06)
Founder Lisa Gokongwei
Headquarters Philippines
Area served
 Philippines
Key people
 Lisa Gokongwei-Cheng
(President)
Aurora Mangubat-Suarez
(Publisher)
Products magazines, books, websites
Divisions Summit Digital, Summit OOH, Summit Live!, Summit Books, Hand.Interactive, Inc.
Slogan The Philippines' Leading Magazine Publisher
#PassionOn[note 1][1]
Website www.summitmedia.com.ph

Summit Publishing Co., Inc., T/A Summit Media,[2] is the leading consumer magazine publisher in the Philippines - founded in June 1995. Its first published magazine was called Preview (June 1995).[3] Since then, it turned into a successful publication conglomerate which brought about the rise of other magazines titles for the different Filipino lifestyles. Some of these are Candy[4] for the young Filipino girls and Yes! for the Philippine entertainment fans.

About Summit Media

Summit Media is privately owned by Lisa Gokongwei-Cheng, the daughter of famous Filipino business tycoon John Gokongwei. It has expanded to publishing specialized magazines for top companies and distinguished occasions in the Philippines, and also started publishing short books designed for the Filipino readers.

The results of the 2014 TNS Newsstand Survey showed that Summit Media leads in 12 categories: young women (Cosmopolitan Philippines - 60%), fashion (Preview - 38%), celebrity (YES! - 55%), men’s luxury (Esquire Philippines - 93%), men’s lifestyle (FHM Philippines - 71%), home (Real Living Philippines - 42%), family and home (Good Housekeeping Philippines - 47%), teens (Candy - 63%), parenting (Smart Parenting - 34%), automotive (Top Gear Philippines - 69%), society (Town and Country Philippines - 31%), and food (Yummy - 51%). The company also dominated the local book publishing measurement with seven out of 10 books sold.[5]

Its different magazine titles are printed to copies that run over 100,000. It has been cited in different prominent online magazines in the Philippines such as Philippine Business Magazine[6] and Eventsite.[7]

List of magazines published

Current (as of January 2016)

  • Preview - A local fashion magazine; it was launched in 1995. It was the very first magazine of Summit, leading to its establishment.
  • Cosmopolitan - A female fashion magazine; it was launched in 1997. (licensed from Hearst Corporation)
  • YES! - A local showbiz-oriented magazine; it was launched in 2000.
  • Candy - A female teen-oriented lifestyle magazine; it was launched in 1999.
  • Entrepreneur - A business entrepreneurship magazine; it was launched in 2000 (licensed from Entrepreneur Media)
  • Real Living - A house designing lifestyle magazine; it was launched in 2003
  • Good Housekeeping - A housekeeping for mom's magazine; it was launched in 1998. (licensed from Hearst Corporation)
  • FHM (aka For Him Magazine) - A sexy men's lifestyle magazine for all men; it was launched in 2000, the Philippines leading magazine. (licensed from Bauer Media Group)
  • Esquire - A latest men's fashion & lifestyle magazine; it was launched in 2011. (licensed from Hearst Corporation)
  • Top Gear - A number # 1 car magazine for all car and all other auto enthusiasts; it was launched in 2004. (licensed from BBC Worldwide and Immediate Media Company)
  • Disney's Princesses - A female kids story magazine from Disney. (licensed from Disney Publishing Worldwide and Egmont Group)
  • K-Zone - A kids magazine for all ages; it was launched in 2002. (licensed from Pacific Magazines)
  • Total Girl - An all girl kids magazine; it was launched in 2004. (licensed from Pacific Magazines)
  • Town & Country - A luxury lifestyle magazine; it was launched in 2007 (licensed from Hearst Corporation)
  • Yummy - A food magazine; it was launched in 2007.
  • Sparkling - A K-Pop entertainment and lifestyle magazine; it was launched in 2010.
  • Forbes Philippines - A business magazine, it was launched in 2015. (licensed from Forbes Inc.)

Former

List of internet properties

Summit Media operates web-exclusive sites such as FemaleNetwork.com, StyleBible.ph, Techie.com.ph (now part of FHM.com.ph), SmartParenting.com.ph, MensHealth.ph, SPOT.ph, Philippine Entertainment Portal (PEP.ph) and SPIN.ph (joint ventures with GMA NMI), and Sports Interactive Network Philippines (SPIN.ph), as well as verticals such as Jobstreet.com.ph, MyProperty.com.ph and TravelBook.ph

Partnerships

Notes

  1. ↑ Used for the company's 20th anniversary

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