1. IPC MEDIA
IPC Media is a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom,
with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year.
The British magazine publishing industry in the mid-1950s was dominated by a
handful of companies, principally the Associated Newspapers, Odhams Press Ltd,
George Newnes Publishers, C. Arthur Pearson, and the Hulton Press, which
fought each other for market share in a highly competitive marketplace.1
With more than 60 iconic media brands, IPC creates content for multiple
platforms, across print, online, mobile, tablets and events. As the UK's leading
consumer magazine publisher we engage with 26m UK adults - almost two thirds
of UK women and 42% of UK men. Our award winning portfolio of websites
reaches over 25 million users globally every month.2
IPC Media have a wide range of magazines, including things such as ‘Gossip’
magazines such as ‘LOOK’, Women’s magazines ‘Women’s Weekly’, Gradening
magazines such as ‘Homes and Gardens’ and other magazines such as Essentials,
Ideal Home, Cycling Weekly and Horse and hound.
IPC Media is a Mainstream magazine institution.
1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPC_Media
2http://www.ipcmedia.com/about
2. Bauer Media
Bauer Media Group is a multinationalmedia company headquartered in
Hamburg, Germany which operates in 15 countries worldwide. Since the
company was founded in 1875, it has been privately owned and under
management by the Bauer family. It was formerly called Heinrich Bauer Verlag
KG, abbreviated to HBV and usually shortened to H. Bauer.3
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 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.4
Bauer Media produces magazines such as ‘Music’, ‘Bike’, ‘Closer’, ‘Empire’, ‘Gold
World’, ‘Heat’ and ‘Mother and Baby’.
Bauer Media produces mostly Mainstream magazines.
3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauer_Media_Group
4http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/about
3. EMAP Media
EMAP owns industry-leading brands that sit at the heart of business powerful
B2B communities like Retail, Health, Construction, Architecture, and Fashion.
Their purpose is to connect professional communities and inspire them to know,
to grow, progress and win. Brands such as HSJ and Retail Week create deep
relationships and unparalleled reach, to increase value for our
customers. They deliver this through senior networking events; industry
leading awards; online data products; social media communities; headline
conferences and, of course, critical insight, news and analysis. 5
Richard Winfrey purchased the Spalding Guardian in 1887 and later purchased
the Lynn News and the Peterborough Advertiser; he also started the North Cambs
Echo.6
EMAP produce magazines such as ‘retail Week’, ‘Retail jeweller’, ‘Nursing
times.net’, ‘Constructions News’ and ‘lighting’.
EMAP is a mainstream magazine company.
5http://www.emap.com/about-us
6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMAP
4. Future PLC
Future PLC is an international media group, listed on the London Stock Exchange
(symbol: FUTR). Founded in 1985 with one magazine, today we have operations
in the UK, US and Australia creating over 200 specialist publications, apps,
websites and events.
Future attracts more than 50 million monthly unique visitors to there digital
properties websites; and they deliver over 100 digital editions and bespoke apps
on tablet devices. They sell 2.2 million magazines every month, and export or
syndicate to 89 countries, making us the UK’s number one exporter and licensor
of magazine content.
Their most successful products include TechRadar (the UK’s number one
consumer technology website), T3, Total Film, BikeRadar, MusicRadar, Classic
Rock, GamesRadar, Digital Camera and Mollie Makes.
Future PLC in a niche.
5. Overall the company that I would chose to have my magazine with would be IPC
Media, I have chosen to go with IPC media because It already has a wide range of
different popular magazines, and IPC media have a lot of magazine focused on
more of a female side such as ‘LOOK’ or ‘Women’s Weekly’. Following this I think
they would be the best company to go with for my ‘POP’ magazine as it is mostly
focused on females and also it is a music magazine and IPC media already have
music magazines as well which is ‘NME’. Another good reason to go with IPC
media is that they only have one other teen magazine in there company so this
would be a good opportunity to go with this company.
