Summit Media

Summit Publishing Inc.
Company typePrivate
Summit Media
IndustryPublishing
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)
Productsmagazines, books, websites
DivisionsSummit Digital, Summit OOH, Summit Live!, Summit Books, Hand.Interactive, Inc.
Websitesummitmedia.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.

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]

  1. ^ "Summit Media". Retrieved September 12, 2024.
  2. ^ [1] Archived May 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Summit Media gains market share in latest TNS Survey -". SummitMedia.com.ph. Archived from the original on June 23, 2015.
  4. ^ [2] Archived September 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "A. Event Planning and Management | Corporate and Event Organizers | Summit Media | The First Online Event Resource Directory in the Philippines". Archive.is. Archived from the original on May 5, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
  6. ^ "End of an era: Summit Media stops printing glossies". Rappler. April 11, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018.