Future publishes magazines focused on games, technology, music, movies and sports/activities. They sell over 3 million magazines per month and attract over 23 million unique website visitors. Future also produces over 1,500 pieces of multimedia content per month and hosts 27 annual live events. They are the largest guitar magazine publisher worldwide and maintain leading music magazines such as Guitar World, Guitar Aficionado, Rhythm, and Classic Rock.

1. Media Institutions
Sophie Moran

2. Future
Future publish magazines about Games,
Technology, Music, Movies and Sports/
Activities.
Future sells 3.2 million magazines each month and
They attract more than 23 million unique visitors to
the websites. They also produce more than 1,500
items of multi-media content every month and they
host 27 annual live events, attracting hundreds of
thousands of enthusiasts

3. Future
www.futureplc.com
Future is the biggest guitar publisher in the world and the biggest music-making publisher in both the
US and the UK.
Guitar World maintains its position as the world’s biggest guitar magazine and in 2010 launched its first
paid-for, fully interactive app: Guitar World Lick of the Day. Guitar Aficionado, the lifestyle magazine for
guitarists, was runner-up for ‘Best Cover of the Year’ by the American Society of Magazine Editors.
Rhythm celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2010 and maintained its position as the UK’s number one
drumming magazine. Computer Music’s first iPhone app reached downloads of over 60,000.
Future’s music-listening brands Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Revolver are going from strength to
strength. Classic Rock recorded its ninth consecutive circulation increase in the last full year ABCs and
launched a series of successful spin-offs including a Classic Rock Presents: Slash fanpack and ClassicRock
Presents: AOR. Classic Rock Prog magazine now runs as a popular bi-monthly title. Classic Rock
honoured Rush as 2010’s “Living Legend” at its Classic Rock Awards.
Metal Hammer and Revolver ran successful Golden Gods shows in the UK and US respectively. Metal
Hammer magazine was recognised for its outstanding design winning best entertainment cover at the
PPA Maggies Awards, beating Empire, Heat and Hello. Both brands have launched mobile apps, and
Metal Hammer has more than 100,000 Facebook followers.

4. Future
Future publishes: I decided on Future because they publish all
• Classic Rock kinds of magazines that would appeal to my
• Classic Rock Prog target audience. For example Metal Hammer,
• Computer Music which is the magazine I used to help me design
• Future Music my own magazine. Future know the metal/rock
• Guitar Aficionado (US) audience well and I think they would be good
• Guitar Legends (US) to publish my magazine because of this.
• Guitar Techniques
• Guitar World (US)
• Guitarist
• Guitarist (Australia)
• Metal Hammer
• Revolver (US)
• Rhythm
• Total Guitar

5. Bauer
www.bauermedia.co.uk
Bauer Media is a division of the Bauer Media
Group, Europe’s largest privately owned
publishing Group. The Group is a worldwide
media empire offering over 300 magazines in 15
countries, as well as online, TV and radio
stations.

6. Bauer
Bauer publish mostly chat and sports magazines
which may not appeal to my target audience.
They are a very large company so I think they
may be good to publish my magazine.