info on the bauer media group

1. Bauer Media Group

2. Who Are The Company
• Bauer media group are a german publishing
company that have multiple popular magazines
throughout europe, such as, bella, Take a break,
That’s Life, and Kerrang!
• Bauer Media Group own 50% of the British
television company Box Television, the other half
owned by Channel 4. together, they are
responsible for producing several popular music
television channels, which include: 4music, The
Box, Heat, Kerrang!, Kiss, Magic and Smash Hits

3. Bauer Media’s History
• Bauer has been managed by 5 generations of
the bauer family. Originally, it was only small
printing house in Germany,however in 1987,
Bauer Media Group entered the UK with the
launch of Bella magazine and, under the name
of H Bauer Publishing became Britain's third
largest publisher.

4. Bauer Media’s Publications
• Previously mentioned, bauer media manage
many music channels, such as 4music, The
Box, Heat, Kerrang!, Kiss, Magic and Smash
Hits, as well as multiple magazines, such as
bella take a break, that’s it, kerrang!, MOJO
and Q.

5. Kerrang & Take a Break
• Kerrang!’s Target audience to begin with was
originally people who listened to rock music.
Over the years, music has changed and people’s
music tastes change and kerrang is now focused
on heavy metal and hard rock. Although the
Television programme covers other genres also.
Another large magazine Bauer has in Europe is
Take a break. This magazine is targeted at women
and include giveaways of £32,000+, TV Soap
spoilers and heart warming stories that men
wouldn’t really find interesting.