Summit Media
Summit Publishing Co., Inc., trading as 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.[1] It turned into a publication conglomerate which published several lifestyle magazines titles, including Candy for young Filipino girls and Yes!, a Philippine entertainment magazine.
Not to be confused with The Summit Media Group or SummitMedia.Company type
Summit Media
June 1995 in Mandaluyong, Philippines
Lisa Gokongwei
Lisa Gokongwei-Cheng
(President)
Edna Tancongco-Belleza
(Publisher)
Summit Digital, Summit OOH, Summit Live!, Summit Books, Hand.Interactive, Inc.
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.[2]
Its different magazine titles are printed to copies that run over 100,000. It has been cited in Philippine Business magazine[3] and Eventsite.[4]
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.[5]