Summit Media

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Summit Publishing Inc.
Company type Private
Summit Media
Industry Publishing
FoundedJune 1995(29 years ago) (1995-06) in Mandaluyong, Philippines
FounderLisa Gokongwei
Headquarters
Area served
Philippines
Key people
Lisa Gokongwei-Cheng
(President)
Edna Tancongco-Belleza
(Publisher)
Products magazines, books, websites
Divisions Summit Digital, Summit OOH, Summit Live!, Summit Books, Hand.Interactive, Inc.
Website summitmedia.com.ph

Summit Publishing Co., Inc., doing business as Summit Media, is a digital lifestyle network and former magazine publishing company in the Philippines. It has 12 media brands attracting around 33 million monthly unique visitors and approximately 35 million social media followers. [1] It began as a consumer magazine publisher in June 1995, with Preview as its first magazine title. [2] It turned into a publication conglomerate which published several lifestyle magazines titles, including Candy for young Filipino girls and Yes!, a Philippine entertainment magazine.

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The company is privately owned by Lisa Gokongwei-Cheng, the daughter of Filipino businessman John Gokongwei. It has expanded to publishing specialized magazines for companies and occasions in the Philippines, and also started publishing short books designed for Filipino readers.

The results of the 2014 TNS Newsstand Survey showed that Summit Media had popularity 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 & Country Philippines - 31%), and food (Yummy - 51%). The company also had the largest score in the local book publishing measurement with seven out of 10 books sold. [3]

Its different magazine titles are printed to copies that run over 100,000. It has been cited in Philippine Business magazine [4] and Eventsite. [5]

On April 11, 2018, Summit Media announced the impending closure of the last six printed magazines namely, Cosmopolitan, FHM, Preview, Top Gear, Town and Country (all relegated to their online portals) and Yes! (relegated to Philippine Entertainment Portal), as part of the fully completed digitalization of the company, marking the end of the 23-year run of printing industry. [6]

List of magazines published

Second Summit Media logo used from January 2007 to March 2017. Summit Media logo.png
Second Summit Media logo used from January 2007 to March 2017.

Final

Former

Some of the magazine titles are ceased in publication, here are the following:

List of internet properties

Summit Media operates web-exclusive sites of its published magazines. Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc., a joint venture with GMA New Media, Inc., operates Philippine Entertainment Portal (PEP.ph) and Sports Interactive Network Philippines (SPIN.ph). Summit Media also operates verticals such as Jobstreet.com.ph, MyProperty.com.ph and TravelBook.ph

Current

Partnerships

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References

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  2. Archived May 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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  4. Archived September 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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