1. Why should my company apply for membership?
2. What type of members does FIPP accept?
3. How can I apply to become a member of FIPP?
4. How and when are applications approved?
5. How are membership rates determined?
6. My company is a subsidiary of an FIPP member company in another country. Does that automatically make me a member?
7. I don’t know if I’m a member of FIPP. How can I find out?
8. I’m a member of FIPP but I don’t have access to the Members Only section on the website. How can I get access?
9. My company and contact details on the FIPP membership database are out of date. How can I have them updated?
10. I would like to receive Magazine World and Magazine World Update. How can I subscribe?
    
    

Publishers: If your publishing company is currently involved in cross-border publishing/licensing or looking at expanding its business either abroad or at home, you will find FIPP membership an invaluable asset. FIPP provides its members with a huge array of contacts and companies as well as information on publishers, titles and markets.

Associates or individuals: If you are a supplier currently operating within the publishing industry, you will find FIPP membership an invaluable asset to your business. Our supplier members have access to over 12,000 contacts within over 450 of the world’s leading publishing companies. You are also able to use the FIPP logo and have the added credibility of trading as a FIPP Management Board approved member. For membership rates, see FAQ 5.

• Magazine publishing companies including business-to-business, consumer and customer/specialist
• Suppliers and consultants to the magazine industry
• National magazine associations
• Individual members (companies with less than three employees and an annual turnover of less than £1m)

Applying for FIPP membership is a very straightforward process and we only require the following:

Publishers: Please fill in the FIPP membership application form and separately, please send a 100-150 word company summary and one copy of each of your magazine titles.

Associates or individuals: Please fill in the FIPP membership application form and separately, please send a 100-150 word company summary.

Membership rates are determined by the following: The annual revenue attributable to an organisation for FIPP membership purposes in equivalent £Sterling millions, at current rates of exchange is calculated according to the sum of:

• Sale of all advertisement space in periodicals, less any commissions and discounts given to advertising agencies and less any direct Government taxes related to such sales, plus;
• Sales of periodicals in bulk to distributors, less discounts and transportation costs when paid by the publisher and less any direct Government taxes related to any such sales, plus;
• Sales of subscriptions and other sales of periodicals direct to the public, less any discount given, less postage and other delivery costs paid by the publisher and any less direct Government taxes related to such sales

          See annual membership fees

Any subsidiary or joint venture company in which an existing FIPP member has a 50 per cent or more beneficial ownership is automatically a member of FIPP.

If your company is listed in the membership directory, you are a member! If you believe your company is a FIPP member but is not listed, please contact Christine Scott.

Every employee working for a FIPP member company is entitled to access to members only area and to FIPP member benefits. If you do not have a password, please email Andrew Chidgey and he will get back to you with a username and password as soon as possible.

You can update your company and contact details yourself by logging in to the FIPP members only area. If you do not know your login details, please contact Andrew Chidgey and he will be happy to get back to you with your username and password as soon as possible.

You can submit a subscription request right here at fipp.com. Subscribe here