2. Facts and Statistics
• Editor- James McMahon
• Frequency- Weekly
• Circulation- 43,033
• Publisher- Bauer Media Group
• Founder- Geoff Barton
• First issue- June 6, 1981
• Country- United Kingdom
• Based in- London
• Language- English
• Website- www.kerrang.com
3. History
• Commenced publication on June 6th 1981
• Originally a monthly magazine, changed to fortnightly and
eventually weekly
• During the 1980s and early 1990s the magazine placed many
thrash and glam metal acts on the cover but later discarded
them when grunge acts such as Nirvana rose to fame.
4. Bauer Media Group
• Bauer Media Group is a large German publishing company based in
Hamburg, 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.
• Worldwide circulation of Bauer Media Group's magazine titles amounts to
38 million magazines a week.
• Magazines published by Bauer include Kerrang!, Q, Mojo, Empire and heat.
5. Kerrang! International
• Emap launched Kerrang! Australia in the
late 1990s. Unlike its weekly counterpart
in the UK, the Australian edition was
published monthly due to stiff competition
from free local music publications.
Kerrang! is also published in Spanish and
German.
6. Platforms
• Kerrang! Magazine
• Kerrang! TV
• Kerrang! Radio
• K! Shop
• Kerrang! Tour
• Kerrang! Website
• Kerrang! Awards
