The document summarizes two major British music magazines and their publishing companies. Melody Maker was the oldest British music magazine launched in 1926 and published by IPC Media, the second largest publishing company. Kerrang! began as a supplement in Sounds in 1981 and became weekly in 1987, focusing on rock and metal. It is published by Bauer Media Group, the largest UK publishing company selling over 38 million magazines per week globally. Both magazines targeted specific audiences for their parent companies' music publications.

1. MUSIC MAGAZINES
AND PUBLISHING
COMPANIES
ABIGAIL FIRTH

2. MELODY MAKER (IPC)
• Launched in 1926, making it the oldest British music
magazine/newspaper, discontinued in 2000
• Focused mainly on jazz and pop music
• Published by IPC Media, who also publish it’s rival New Musical
Express
• IPC (International Publishing Corporation) sells over 350 million
copies of it’s publications every year and is the second biggest
publishing company
• It targets three specific audiences:
– ‘Connect’ – the mass market for women
– ‘Southbank’ – upmarket women
– ‘Inspire’ – the market for men
• It’s only current music publication (NME) is categorized in ‘Inspire’
• IPC previously published Melody Maker, Muzik, Uncut, Music
Business, Hi-Fi News & Record Review

3. KERRANG! (BAUER/EMAP)
• Began in 1981 as a one-off supplement in the
Sounds music newspaper, became weekly in 1987
• Focuses on rock and metal
• Published by the Bauer Media Group, which
operates in 16 countries worldwide
• Selling over 38 million copies of it’s magazines
every week worldwide, it is the UK’s biggest
publishing company
• It mainly publishes women’s weeklies and TV
magazines, but owns some of the biggest music
titles including Kerrang! and Q