IPC is one of the UK's leading magazine publishers, selling over 350 million copies annually across 5 divisions including Connect, Ignite!, TX, Inspire, and southbank. IPC owns music magazines NME and Guitar and Bass. NME is a weekly music magazine that has been published since the 1950s and also has an online version with over 7 million users per month to keep readers up to date. It holds an annual award show voted on by readers to celebrate the best new music of the past year.