IPC is one of the UK's leading magazine publishers, with over 350 million copies sold annually across five magazine divisions covering genres like women's weeklies, leisure, lifestyle, and television. They own music magazines like NME and Guitar and Bass focused on rock. Bauer Media Group is a large German publisher operating in 15 countries that owns men's magazines like Q, MOJO, and KERRANG. Emap was the second largest UK magazine publisher until it sold its music magazines Kiss and Magic to Bauer, making Bauer the largest publisher in Britain. Future PLC is a British digital media company focused on special interest magazines.

1. Institutions
Melissa Rowan

2. IPC-International Publishing Company
• IPC is one of the UK’s leading consumer magazine
and digital publishers-their largo portfolio sells
over 350 million copies every year!
• IPC has 5 magazine divisions; Connect (women's
weeklies) , Inspire (leisure), ignite! (men's lifestyle
and entertainment), Southbank (women's
lifestyle and home interest) and TX (portfolio of
television titles)
• Music magazines they own include NME and
Guitar and Bass-these genre’s are associated
mainly with rock.

3. Bauer Media Group
• A German publishing company based in
Hamburg.
• It operates in 15 countries worldwide.
• Since being founded in 1875, it has been
privately-owned and under management by
the Bauer family.
• Bauer provides Q, MOJO and KERRANG- all
are advertised on the website as men's
magazines.

4. Emap
• Emap was the second largest magazine
publisher within the UK, with around 18% of
the news-stand market by revenue (to
IPC/Time Warner's 20%).
• Its music magazines including Kiss and Magic,
Went to Bauer for £1.14 billion; making the
German magazine publisher the largest in
Britain.

5. Future PLC