1. Task 7
• Choose a magazine that caters for music in a similar genre to the one you would like to do for
your coursework other than an IPC title.
Q magazine.
Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. Its first issue was in
1986 and its total circulation is 80,418.
• Who publishes it?
Q magazine is published by Bauer Media.
• Look closely at this publisher and find out if it would be appropriate as a publisher for your
magazine.
Bauer Media is a German publishing company based in Hamburg, which operates in 15 countries
worldwide. I don't think it would be the best choice for my magazine but I think because of the
magazine they already publish (Q) that it could publish a good Hip hop magazine but preferably the
best publisher to publish my magazine would be publishers who publish Hip Hop magazines already
e.g. the company that publishes Vibe Magazine. The reason why I think this is because if the
company are used to publishing a certain genre of music magazine they will already have
experience in publishing magazines in that genre.
• What target audiences does it cater for?
Bauer Media mainly caters for mainly rock listeners based on the magazines it publishes such as
Kerrang and Q .

2. Information about Bauer media on
their website
• About Bauer Media
• Bauer Media is a division of the Bauer Media Group, Europe’s largest privately owned
publishing Group. The Group is a worldwide media empire offering over 300 magazines in 15
countries, as well as online, TV and radio stations.
• Bauer Media joined the Bauer Media Group in January 2008 following acquisition of Emap
plc’s consumer and specialist magazines, radio, TV, online and digital businesses. Collectively,
the Group employs some 6,400 people.
• Bauer Media is a multi-platform UK-based media Group consisting of many companies
collected around two main divisions – Magazines and Radio - widely recognised and
rewarded as being industry innovators.
• Our business is built on influential media brands with millions of personal relationships with
engaged readers and listeners. Our strategy is to connect audiences with excellent content
through our broad multi-touch point brand platforms, wherever and whenever and however
they want. Our wide portfolio of influential brands gives us advantages over pure play
magazine or radio competitors.
• Our magazine heritage stretches back to 1953 with the launch of Angling Times and the
acquisition in 1956 of Motor Cycle News, both still iconic brands within our portfolio.

3. What other music magazines does it publish?
Bauer media also publishes Kerrang and Mojo, two well known
magazines
Kerrang Magazine
Q Magazine