Bauer Media Group is a large European media company founded in 1875 in Germany that owns a portfolio of magazines, digital products, radio and TV stations across the world. It owns two major UK music magazines, Q and Mojo, with Q selling on average 52,700 copies per month and Mojo selling 94,600. Bauer has been family-owned and managed for five generations and expanded its UK operations through acquisitions.

1. Bauer Media Group is a large European based media company which is based in Germany, Hamburg founded in
1875. It manages a portfolio of products such as magazines, digital products, radio and TV stations in local markets across
the world. As you can see below Bauer magazine provide a huge range of magazines that cater for a wide audience. This is
obvious from the range of male target bases such as bike and FHM to woman’s magazines like Closer and mother and baby.
Here are the two
music magazines
which the Bauer
institution own.
Q is the UK’s biggest selling music monthly
magazine which has developed a worldwide
reputation as a trusted and premium quality
magazine which is also extended through online,
radio and Q’s unique events. Q magazine sells on
average of 52,700 copies a month
MOJO is the world’s largest UK music
magazine, delivering a monthly dose of
world class journalism and iconic
photography to an audience of
extremely passionate music consumers.
Mojo sells 94,600 magazines a month
History
Bauer Verlagsgruppe has
been managed by five
generations of the Bauer
family. Originally a small
printing house in Germany,
Bauer Media Group entered
the UK with the launch of
Bella magazine in 1987 and,
under the name of H Bauer
Publishing became Britain's
third largest publisher.
Bauer further expanded in
the UK with the purchase of
Emap Consumer Media and
Emap Radio in 2008.

2. Immediate Media Company Limited is a combined publishing house containing the former assets of Origin Publishing,
Magicalia and BBC Magazines which was founded in 2011 based in London and Bristol and has 750 employees. 60% of
Immediates profit is generated by the RadioTimes, which is now spearheading the company’s moves into online retailing.
Here are the music magazines which
Immediate Media own and are the institution
behind of. These include BBC music magazine
and Top of the pops.
BBC Music Magazine is the world’s best
selling classical music magazine and is the most
comprehensive monthly guide to the world of
classical music – live, broadcast and recorded. It is
packed full of information and inspiring features on
all aspects of classical music and is read by an
engaged, informed audience of affluent, upmarket
culture. This magazine has a total circulation of
40,958 copies sold each issue.
Top of the Pops magazine is a monthly
publication published by Immediate Media
Company. It features include chart information, star
gossip, fashion and beauty advice, quizzes, song
lyrics and posters. The magazine was launched in
February 1995 and became famous for giving the
Spice Girls their nicknames. Tops of the pops
magazine circulates a total of 63,483 copies an issue

3. Time Inc. UK, formerly known as IPC Media, is Britain's leading publisher of print and digital
magazine content with more than 60 iconic brands which include Country Life, Horse & Hound and
NME etc. It’s one of the largest media companies in the world reaching more tan 130 million
consumers each month across multiple platforms such as magazine, online and app.
You can see from the image of all of the brands that this companies only music magazine is NME as
the rest all tend to be lifestyle such as sports and other outdoors topics.
NMEis a British weekly music
journalism publication which has
been going since 1952 based in
Southwark, London. The
magazine has a circulation of
70,017. NME’s target audience is
aimed at 15-34 of those who fit
under the A, B and C1 on the
audience code.

4. SpinMedia (formerly Buzz Media) is one of the largest digital publishers in the U.S, owning a
community of pop culture websites such as Buzznet, Idolator VIBE and Death and Taxes with over
40 million unique monthly visitors.
Vibe is a music and entertainment magazine founded
by producer Quincy Jones. The publication
predominantly features R&B and hip-hop music artists,
actors and other entertainers. The magazine's target
demographic is predominantly young, urban followers of
hip-hop culture. In 2014, the magazine moved online-only.
The magazines success came from it featuring a
wider range of interests that its competitors such as XXL
and The Source. Vibe has a total circulation of 301,408.
BuzzNet is a photo, journal, and video-sharing social
media network, owned by Buzz Media. Like other social
networking sites, Buzznet is a platform for members to
share content based on their personal interests.
However Buzznet differ from the usual social networking
site as it predominantly focuses on music, celebrities
and the media rather than the common focus of
messaging and profile pages.