Future PLC is a major UK-based music magazine publisher that focuses on string instruments and youth culture. They publish magazines such as Classic Rock, Guitarist, Metal Hammer, and Rhythm. As the largest guitar and music publisher in the UK, Future PLC continues to innovate through new digital editions and apps. Their flagship website MusicRadar attracts over 12 million views per month. The music industry is largely self-regulated, with individual artists, unions, publishers, and collecting agencies all involved in different aspects of control.

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This is a magazine publisher link with reasons
why they publish magazines. They distribute
through alfred music publishing. On this website
we will look at what magazines they publish and
Why they chose music magazines.
http://www.musicmags.net/

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 As we have seen they focus mostly on string
instruments with an add of the youth culture with a
couple DJ magazines.
 I know that the DJ magazine is created somewhere
in south wimbledon (off subject) but can be useful.
 Also a place in sutton behind the station where they
create and publish magazines such as an aeroplane
magazine and farmers weekly. I went here for work
experience in year 11 or 10…can’t remember

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 UK
Future PLC
Magazines/Digital Editions: Demand, in conjunction with
Leaping Brain, selling video
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 Classic Rock  Future is the biggest guitar and tutorials online.
 Computer Music music-making publisher in the  Our music-listening brands
UK. We continue to lead the Classic Rock and Metal
 Future Music market through innovation. In Hammer continue to evolve
 Guitar Techniques 2011 Guitarist launched its first and expand. In 2011 Classic
 Guitarist fully interactive iPad edition Rock pioneered a series of
 Metal Hammer on Apple Newsstand – successful, ground-
Guitarist Deluxe Edition – breaking, collectable fan packs
 Prog featuring tutorials, HD – matching new studio albums
 Rhythm photography and video. from iconic artists like Blondie
 Total Guitar and Slash with exclusive
 AUS bespoke behind-the-scenes
 Rhythm maintains its position magazines, retailing on the
 Guitarist as the UK’s number one newsstand at a premium price.
 Websites drumming magazine, enjoying Also Cooper: Welcome 2 My
 classicrockmagazine.com a fresh new look and also Nightmare was first delivered
launching its first app. as an interactive iPad app as
 metalhammer.co.uk Computer Music’s iPhone app well.
 musicradar.com has over 350,000
 Events: downloads, with a series of
 Classic Rock Roll of Honour new apps launching to meet
consumer interest.
 Classic Rock Tours
 Hammerfest  MusicRadar.com, our flagship
 High Voltage Festival music-making website, attracts
 Metal Hammer Golden Gods over twelve million page views
 Metal Hammer Live Tours a month. In 2011 MusicRadar
launched MusicRadar On

5. Regulatory bodies through
the music industry
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The music business is largely a self-regulated industry. Everyone seems to be involved in some
aspect of control: individual artists, unions, corporate giants, publishers, etc....
 The music business is largely a self-regulated industry - everyone seems to be involved in some
aspect of control, from individual artists to unions and corporate giants, from publishers to
licensers, from collecting agencies such as ASCAP, BMI and others to copyright and trademark
offices.
 Firstly, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office must have an example of a band's name and logo
registered before any band can claim rights in that name. The Office regulates who can have what
name and symbol, and under what circumstances likenesses to similar pre-existing band or
entertainment names might be allowed. Any group who performs, records, or sells their music for
commercial gain would be wise to register their name in order to defend their rights to continue
making a profit from that music.
 Rarely, an individual artist will have enough power (money) or popularity to be able to make
their own career and contractual decisions, usually because they own their own publishing
company, merchandising, or even their own record company (i.e.: Madonna's Maverick
Records, or Nine Inch Nails' Nothing Records). However, most artists cannot afford, or do not
have the contacts necessary, to run their own publishing company, and as a result about 50% of
their profits are paid out for the right to publish their music. When certain publishers own the
artists rights to a song, they can prevent further performances or inclusion of those songs on
future albums, should the artist ever change publishing companies; or, they can prevent other
bands from recording a cover of those songs, sometimes even if the original band has given their
ok.

6.  Magazines
that they
own as you
can see on
the right IPC Media
you can see
a couple
porn 
magazines
with nuts
and uncut
but we can
see NME.
Which is a
major music
magazine
which
everyone
recognises.
 Woman
orientated
though.