Time Inc. UK produces magazines for different audiences including women (Woman, Now, Soaplife, TVTimes, Woman’s Own), upmarket women (Marie Claire, Look, Ideal Home, Feel Good Food, 25 Beautiful Homes), and men (Country Life, Angler’s Mail, Shooting Times, Rugby World, NME). It is owned by Time Warner, Adsense, and Tesco. In the past, it was known as International Publishing Corporation and IPC Media, and had divisions for newspapers, magazines, books, and printing operations.
1. Lucy Allbut
Institutions Research
Time Inc. UK (formerly International Publishing Corporation and IPC Media)
What brands do they produce?
Time Inc. UK produce a large amount of different magazines aimed at all different types of
target audiences.
Magazines they produce for women include:
Woman
Now
Soaplife
TVTimes
Woman’s Own
Magazines they produce for upmarket women include:
Marie Claire
Look
Ideal Home
Feel Good Food
25 Beautiful Homes
Magazines they produce for men include:
Country Life
Angler’s Mail
Shooting Times
Rugby World
NME
Cross-media Ownership
Time Warner
Adsense
Tesco
Ownership Structure
IPC set up a management development department in 1965, this led to a reorganisation of
the Group, in 1968, into six divisions:
IPC Newspapers — including The People and The Sun (soon sold), as well as the Daily
Mirror and Sunday Pictorial
IPC Magazines — consumer magazines and comics
IPC Trade and Technical — specialist magazines (later known as IPC Business Press Ltd.)
IPC Books — all book publishing (headed by Paul Hamlyn, whose own company had been
acquired by IPC).
IPC Printing — all non-newspaper printing operations (headed by Arnold Quick, whose own
company had also been acquired by IPC).
2. IPC New Products — launching pad for products which used new technology (headed by
Alistair McIntosh).
All the divisions were headed by chairmen who originated in Mirror Group, except for
Hamlyn, Quick and McIntosh.