2. International Publishing Corporation IPC is one of the leading consumer magazine and digital publishers in the UK, with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year IPC Media groups magazine titles under five main divisions: Connect – womens weeklies such as Now magazine and Look, Inspire – leisure Ignite! – men’s lifestyle and entertainment SouthBank – women’s lifestyle TX – portfolio and TV. As well as these there is Marketforcewhich is the UK’s leading magazine distribution business They own magazines such as NMEand Uncut
3. Development Hell Ltd Development Hell Ltd was set up by previous Emap executives David Hepworth, Mark Ellen, Jerry Perkins and Andrew Harrison. They had a business plan to launch three magazines during a six year period. Their first launch was in March 2003 with ‘Word’ which focused on music and entertainment. The Guardian Media Group took a 14% share in the company in July 2004 They then bought the clubbing magazine ‘Mixmag’ from Emap in November 2005.
4. Emap Emap was the second largest magazine publisher in the UK with around 18% of the newstand market by revenue. However, in July 2007, the company announced a strategic review. The result was that the company was to split up and sold off in December. The business-to-business magazines were sold to Guardian Media Group and private equity firm Apax for £1billion. The new company is called Incisive-Emap Its consumer magazines including Kiss and Magic went to Bauer for £1.14billion making them the largest publisher in Britain
5. Bauer Media Group Bauer Media Group is a large German publishing company based in Hamburg, which operates in 15 countries worldwide. The company was founded in 1875 and ever since, it has been privately owned and under management by the Bauer family. Previously, it was known as Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG, often abbreviated to HBV and usually shortened to H.Bauer The top music magazines this company publishes are Q, Mojo andKerrang!
