Impact Magazine

What Impact Magazine does

Impact Magazine is the official student magazine of the University of Nottingham, established in 2017, producing editorial content across news, features, lifestyle, entertainment, sport, investigations, and podcasts for the university's student community. The publication operates as a student-run organization under the University of Nottingham as its institutional parent, with editorial oversight handled by a student editorial team and open recruitment of writers via its Facebook page.

The product surface spans three channels: a primary WordPress-based website at impactnottingham.com serving as the digital publishing platform; a print edition distributed via the Issuu platform for readers preferring physical-format consumption; and an audio portfolio (Impact Podcasts) comprising seven series distributed on Spotify and iTunes. The underlying technology is a standard WordPress CMS without disclosed proprietary infrastructure, APIs, or integrations. Distribution extends to Facebook, Twitter/X, and Instagram for social reach and writer recruitment, and content spans breaking news, campus event coverage, student elections, sports reporting, and lifestyle features.

The business model is anchored on advertising sold to businesses targeting University of Nottingham students via a quote-based, non-publicly-disclosed pricing structure. No revenue figures, funding rounds, or external investors are disclosed, and the operationally small (11-50 listed employees) editorial team is composed primarily of student contributors. The publication is not structured as a commercial enterprise; its scope is restricted to a single university in Nottingham, England, and its only documented external partnership is a 2022 collaboration with the UoN Fashion Society on a podcast series. It holds the 2020 Society of Professional Journalists (SPA) Best Website Award (Magazine).

Name

Impact Magazine

Legal name

Impact Magazine

Website

https://impactnottingham.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Impact Magazine is the official student magazine of the University of Nottingham, publishing news, lifestyle, entertainment, sport, and podcast content across digital, print (Issuu), and audio channels for UoN students since 2017.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Student Media Publication

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (51312)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Student Media & Publications (Newspaper, Radio, TV) (EDALAHAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

News, Politics & Current Affairs Magazines (MPAJAEAO)

Keywords

• Student magazine
• Campus journalism
• Student media
• University publication
• Digital magazine

Headquarters

HQ city

Nottingham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Advertising: The magazine offers advertising opportunities to businesses targeting University of Nottingham students, as evidenced by the 'Advertise With Us' page on their website.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Impact Magazine is a student-run publication at the University of Nottingham that publishes news, features, lifestyle, entertainment, sport, and investigative content across a WordPress website, a digital print edition on Issuu, and a podcast series on Spotify and iTunes. Content is produced by student editors and writers, and the publication also sells advertising packages to businesses targeting the University of Nottingham student audience.

Product overview

Impact Magazine is a student-run publication for the University of Nottingham offering a multi-platform content portfolio. The core offering consists of a digital website publishing news, features, lifestyle, entertainment, reviews, sport, and investigative content. The print edition (available via Issuu) complements digital output with themed academic year editions. Audio content is delivered through the Impact Podcasts series featuring multiple shows including The Ballot Box (politics), The Curtain Call (arts), The Sports Show, Officers Offline (student issues), Girl Talk, Off The Page (books), and The Seven Turtle Doves (fashion).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Impact Magazine Website Digital publication platform featuring news, features, lifestyle, entertainment, reviews, sport, and podcast content for University of Nottingham students.
• Impact Magazine Print Edition Physical-themed print publication available through the Issuu platform, with academic-year editions exploring student-relevant topics.
• Impact Podcasts Audio content series distributed on Spotify and iTunes, including The Ballot Box (politics), The Curtain Call (arts), The Sports Show, Officers Offline (student issues), Girl Talk, Off The Page (books), and The Seven Turtle Doves (fashion).

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• University of Nottingham Fashion SocietyminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 April 2022Collaboration with UoN Fashion Society to produce 'The Seven Turtle Doves' podcast series. The podcast features Fashion Society committee members discussing wardrobe staples, fast fashion, and the importance of clothes for culture. This partnership provides content for the magazine's podcast section while giving the Fashion Society a media platform.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• The Saint: University of St Andrews' student newspaper, delivering news, sport, and opinion coverage to a single UK university readership with both digital and print editions.
• Concrete: University of Manchester's student newspaper, publishing campus news, culture, and lifestyle content through a student-run editorial team with digital-first distribution.
• The Boar: University of Warwick's student newspaper, providing digital and print campus news, sport, and culture coverage through a student editorial team.
• The Tab: National student news network with local university editions across the UK, employing a student-writer model similar to Impact Magazine and covering campus news, lifestyle, and entertainment.
• The Oxford Student: University of Oxford's student newspaper, operating digital and print editions with university-focused news, sport, and culture coverage in the same format as Impact Magazine.
• Felix: Imperial College London's student newspaper, covering campus news, science, and student life via a student-led editorial model with both online and print outputs.
• Varsity: University of Cambridge's independent student newspaper, covering news, sport, culture, and opinion with a similar multi-section editorial model serving a single UK university audience.
• Epigram: University of Bristol's independent student newspaper, producing news, features, sport, and comment across digital and print formats for a single UK university audience.
• The Yorker: University of York's student newspaper, providing campus news, sport, and lifestyle coverage via a student editorial team in the same single-university format as Impact Magazine.

Broad incumbents

• The Student Room: UK's largest student community platform with forums, news, and content targeted at university students broadly; overlaps with Impact's student audience but operates nationally rather than at a single institution.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/impactmagazine
• Facebookfacebook.com/ImpactNottingham
• Instagraminstagram.com/impactmagazineuon
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/impact-magazine_2

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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