2. EMAP
- EMAP, standing for East Midland Allied Press. is a British media company,
specialising in the production of business-to-business magazines, and the
organisation of business events and conferences. The company is now owned by
Apax and Guardian Media Group.
- The company’s purpose is to connect professional communities and inspire them to
know, to grow, progress and win.
- EMAP has 20 magazines including Drapers, Nursing Times, Retail Week and
Broadcast.
- “Always independent, relentlessly inquisitive, EMAP embodies quality, market-leading
journalism. We act as the ultimate industry insider, and strive to always be the trusted
authority. For our customers, EMAP provides the best possible way to connect with
their world. We are their competitive advantage.”
3. Bauer Media Group
- The Bauer Media Group is Europe’s largest privately owned publishing group. It is a
worldwide media empire offering over 300 magazines in 15 countries, as well as
online, TV and radio stations.
- The Bauer Media Group owns more than 80 brands including Empire, Heat,
Kerrang, KISS, 4 Music, MOJO, Q and Cool FM.
- Worldwide circulation of Bauer Media Group's magazine titles amounts to 38 million
magazines a week.
“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.”
4. Time Inc. UK
- Time Inc. UK (formally IPC Media) is a consumer magazine and digital publisher in
the United Kingdom, with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year.
Time Inc owns over 60 brands and engages with almost half of all UK adults in print,
with their websites reaching over 28 million global users every month. Time Inc. Uk is
Britains leading publisher of print and digital magazine content.
- Some of their brands include NME, Ideal Home, Woman’s Own, Look, Marie Claire
UK, and Now.
- “Time Inc. UK is a subsidiary of Time Inc, one of the world’s leading media
companies reaching more than 130 million consumers each month across multiple
platforms through influential brands such as Time, People, Sports Illustrated, InStyle,
and NME. With 50 editions of Time Inc. magazines licensed in more than 30 countries
the Time Inc. global portfolio touches all corners of the world. Time Inc. connects
audiences through shared experiences, celebrated events and franchises including
the Fortune 500, Time 100, People’s Sexiest Man Alive, Sports Illustrated’s
Sportsman of the Year, the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen and the Essence Festival.”
5.
6. When did it begin?
Kerrang! published it's first issue
on 6 June 1981 as a one-off
supplement in the Sounds
newspaper.
Launched as a monthly
magazine, it began to appear on
a fortnightly basis. In 1987 it
went weekly.
In the early 2000s it became the
best-selling British music
newspaper. It is published by
Bauer Media Group.
The first
issue of
Kerrang!
featured
AC/DC
front man
Angus
Young.
7. The circulation of Kerrang!
was 33,024 (in Jan-Jun ‘14)
and it‘s readership, was
293,000. (in July-Dec '13).
This is Kerrang! rate card
which shows the price of ad
space in their magazine.
This is the social
demographic of Kerrang!’s
audience. As you can see
the male audience is slightly
higher than females and the
biggest age range is 15-24.
8. Other Media Outlets
Kerrang.com has 240,000 unique
users and 480,000 page
impressions.
Included on their website is links
to their social media sites;
Facebook and Twitter. This also
shows how many followers they
have on the sites.
Kerrang! also has a radio station
with 1.3 million listeners which
you can access from an app,
online, DAB radio and Freeview.
9. Kerrang! also has a music TV
channel called Kerrang! TV,
available on Sky, Virgin Media
and online, with an average
monthly reach of around 1.7
million.
Kerrang! is the official media
partner with a music festival
called Download Festival and
exclusively covers the event.
Other Media Outlets
Kerrang! also has an award
ceremony that began in 1993
and has become one of Britain's
most recognized event for the
genre.
10. Mission Statement
Kerrang! will ensure that we are constantly appealing to our
spectrum of readers. From the younger teenage readers who
are more open to different genres of rock music – from emo
to thrash etc, to the readers who respect Kerrang! as an
authority when it comes to our scene’s heritage bands. Each
issue will include a balance of bands and scenes to
guarantee that we’re providing for our readers’ need for
variety and their passionate appetite for their favourite bands
as well as their desire to be introduced to new music within
our world. We will focus on the BIGGEST things that are
going on in our world each week, as well as guaranteeing
that we are giving our main base of younger readers
everything they need to get into, on top of this the interest in
older, harder bands, cementing our role as an educator.
11.
12. Q magazine is a popular music magazine
published monthly in the UK by Bauer Media
Group. It was founded by David Hempworth
and Mark Ellen as they thought that there
was a gap in the market for a music
magazine that did not ignore the older
generation that are still buying CDs, as well
as including the new generation of
technology.
When did it begin?
The first issue was published in October
1986. The name was originally Cue, as to
cue the music, however it was changed so
that it wouldn't be mistaken for a snooker
magazine. Also, they thought that a single-letter
title would be more prominent on
newsstands.
The first issue of Q
featured Paul
McCartney
13. The circulation of Q was 48, 353
(Jan- June ‘14) and it‘s
readership, was 339,000 (in
Jan-Dec '13).
This is the Q rate card which
shows the price of ad space in
their magazine.
This is the social demographic of
Q’s audience. As you can see
the male audience is quite higher
than females and the biggest
age range is 15-24, closely
followed by 25-34.
14. Other Media Outlets
Qthemusic.com has 329,888
unique users and 569,659 page
impressions.
Included on their website is links
to their social media sites;
Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest,
Instagram and YouTube. They
have 69,549 Twitter followers
and 32,556 Facebook fans.
It also has a radio station, "Q
Radio Station" which was
launched in June 2008 and
reaches 196,000 people a week.
15. Other Media Outlets
Q is also available as in interactive
magazine for iPad launched in
August 2012.
They are also the official partner for
a famous music festival called
Glastonbury Festival and publishes
exclusive coverage of the event.
They also have a world famous
award ceremony, "The Q Awards"
which is held annually.
16. Mission Statement
Q is the magazine that brings music alive. It draws together
the biggest stars, the most exciting phenomena, the new
artists that matter and a healthy dose of irreverence to create
an unmissable widescreen picture of what’s really happening
in rock and roll right now.
Every issue features agenda-setting star interviews, the
month’s biggest moments in music, and fascinating
investigations into the wider world of rock and roll. Each
month Q’s comprehensive reviews section gives the last word
on all the most important new releases and reissues – and
feeds Q’s readers’ hunger for new music to enjoy.
Q’s reviews section is the ultimate critical overview of music.
And magazine’s unrivalled access brings its readers up close
and personal with the stars who set the agenda. Q is the
ultimate rock and roll read.
