Summit Publishing Co., Inc.,

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Summit Media, is a Filipino digital lifestyle network in the Philippines. It has 15 media brands attracting around 20 million monthly unique visitors and approximately 33 million social media followers. It began as a consumer magazine publisher in June 1995, with ''Preview'' as its first magazine title. It turned into a publication conglomerate which published several lifestyle magazines titles, including ''Candy'' for young Filipino girls and ''Yes!'', a Philippine entertainment magazine. The company is privately owned by Lisa Gokongwei-Cheng, the daughter of Filipino businessman

John Gokongwei John Robinson Lim Gokongwei Jr. (; 11 August 1926 – 9 November 2019) was a Filipino businessman, investor, and philanthropist. His conglomerate company JG Summit Holdings, Inc., had an extensive panoply of business and investment holdings ac ...

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

List of magazines published

Current

Last printed titles published by Summit Media include: *''Preview'' - A local fashion magazine that was launched in 1995. It was the very first magazine of Summit, leading to its establishment. *'' Cosmopolitan Philippines'' - A female fashion magazine that was launched in 1997. Licensed from

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. *'' Esquire Philippines'' - A male fashion magazine that was launched in 2011. Licensed from

. *'' YES!'' - A local showbiz-oriented magazine that was launched in 2000. *'' Top Gear'' ''Philippines'' - A number # 1 car magazine for all car and all other auto enthusiasts that was launched in 2004. Licensed from

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and Immediate Media Company. *''Sparkling'' - A K-Pop entertainment and lifestyle magazine that was launched in 2010.

Former

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Philippines'' (August 2003–September 2006) (licensed from

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) *''Hi!'' (October 2004–March 2008) *''

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'' (July 2002–August 2008, ended on the sixth saga after being the last to be translated into English) *'' T3'' ''Philippines'' (January 2004–April 2009) (licensed from

) *''

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'' ''Philippines'' (November 2005–April 2009) (licensed from Groupe Marie Claire) *''

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'' ''Philippines'' (September 2008–August 2012) (licensed from

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) *''

OK! ''OK!'' is a British weekly magazine that primarily specialises in royal and celebrity news. Originally launched as a monthly magazine, its first issue was published in April 1997. In September 2004, ''OK''! launched in Australia as a monthly ...

'' ''Philippines'' (April 2005–December 2012) (licensed from

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) *''Good Dog'' (April 2011–October 2013) *''

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'' ''Philippines'' (July 2000-April 2009) (licensed from

) *'' Women's Health Philippines'' (April 2009–November 2014) (licensed from Rodale Inc./ Hearst) *'' Runner's World'' ''Philippines'' (April 2010–December 2014) (licensed from Rodale Inc./ Hearst) *'' ELLE Decor'' ''Philippines'' (October 2012–November 2015) *'' Men's Health'' ''Philippines'' (May 2005-December 2015) (licensed from Rodale Inc./ Hearst) *'' Entrepreneur'' ''Philippines'' (November 2000-January 2016) (licensed from

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) *''

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'' ''Philippines'' (September 2004–April 2016) (licensed from

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) *''

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'' ''Philippines'' (October 2002–July 2017) (licensed from

) *'' Good Housekeeping'' ''Philippines'' (May 1998–August 2017) (licensed from

) *''

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'' (November 2003-April 2017) (licensed from Disney Publishing Worldwide and

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) *'' Prevention'' ''Philippines'' (2000-2003) (licensed from

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/ Hearst) *'' FHM'' (''For Him Magazine'') ''Philippines'' (March 2000–May 2018) (licensed from Bauer Media Group) *'' Town & Country'' ''Philippines'' (September 2007–May 2018) (licensed from

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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

*''CandyMag.com'' *''Cosmo.ph'' *''EsquireMag.ph'' *''FemaleNetwork.com'' *''PEP.ph'' (''Philippine Entertainment Portal'') *''Preview.ph'' *''RealLiving.com.ph'' *''reportr.world'' *''SmartParenting.com.ph'' *''Spot.ph'' *''SPIN.ph'' (''Sports Interactive Network'') *''TopBikes.ph'' *''TopGear.com.ph'' (''Top Gear Philippines Online'') *''Yummy.ph''

Partnerships

* ABS-CBN Film Productions Inc. *

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* Bauer Media Group * Blackpencil Manila * Disney Publishing Worldwide *

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GMA New Media GMA New Media, Inc. (or NMI) is the digital media and technology arm of GMA Network Inc. which offers interactive applications in the television, mobile, web, marketing and online gaming industry. Its headquarters are located at the GMA Network ...

Hearst Communications Hearst Communications, Inc., often referred to simply as Hearst, is an American multinational mass media and business information conglomerate based in Hearst Tower in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Hearst owns newspapers, magazines, televi ...

* Immediate Media Company *

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* Recruit Japan * Ringier *

* TV5 Network Inc. * WP Technology Inc.

References

External links

* {{official website, http://www.summitmedia.com.ph/ Consumer magazines Magazines published in the Philippines Magazine publishing companies Publishing companies of the Philippines Publishing companies established in 1995 Magazines established in 1995 Companies based in Mandaluyong 1995 establishments in the Philippines