A music magazine is a publication dedicated to music culture that typically includes music news, interviews, photos, essays, and record reviews. Music magazines were prolific in the UK, with NME leading sales since 1952, though declining circulation and the rise of online music sites led to the absorption of its long-time rival Melody Maker into NME in 2001. Current UK music magazines include Q, Kerrang!, and Mojo. IPC Media, Bauer, and EMAP are three major UK magazine publishers, with IPC publishing mass market women's magazines as well as men's lifestyle titles and upmarket women's brands, Bauer known for titles like FHM and heat, and EMAP focusing on B2B industries.

2. INTRODUCTION
A music magazine is a magazine dedicated to music and music culture. Such
magazines typically include music news, interviews, photo shoots, essays,
record reviews, concert reviews and occasionally have a cover mount with
recorded music.
Music magazines were very prolific in the United Kingdom, with the NME) leading
sales since its first issue in 1952. NME had a longstanding rival in Melody
Maker, an even older publication that had existed since 1926 however, by
2001, falling circulation and the rise of internet music sites caused the Melody
Maker to be absorbed into its old rival and cease publishing. Several other
British magazines such as Select and Sounds also folded between 1990 and
2000 due to the similar problem so this is something to take into
consideration when deciding on my distribution channels. Current UK music
magazines include Q, Kerrang! and Mojo. Magazines with a focus on pop
music rather than rock and aimed at a younger market include the now-
defunct Smash Hits and the BBC's Top of the Pops, which outlived the
television show on which it was based.

3. IPC MEDIA
With more than 60 iconic media brands, IPC creates content for multiple platforms,
across print, online, mobile, tablets and events. As the UK's leading consumer
magazine publisher we engage with 26m UK adults - almost two thirds of UK
women and 42% of UK men. Our award winning portfolio of websites reaches over
25 million users globally every month.
IPC Media is committed to working in partnership with its consumers, advertisers,
business partners and employees to deliver exceptional value, service, innovation
and creativity.
We have three publishing divisions; IPC Connect, IPC Inspire and IPC Southbank. IPC
Connect, our mass market women's division comprises famous women's weeklies
including Now, Chat and Woman; TV entertainment brands including What's on TV,
TV Times and TV & Satellite Week and the goodtoknow network. Our men's
portfolio, IPC Inspire, has a wealth of leisure brands including Country Life, Horse
& Hound, Rugby World and Decanter, as well as lifestyle brands including Nuts,
Mousebreaker and NME. IPC Southbank is our upmarket women's division and
comprises luxury fashion brands including Marie Claire and InStyle, lifestyle
brands including woman&home and Essentials and home interest brands
including Ideal Home, Livingetc and housetohome.
Sitting alongside the publishing divisions is IPC Advertising, which allows clients and
agencies to purchase bespoke advertising solutions across all of our brands and
across a variety of platforms, and Marketforce, the UK's leading newstrade sales
and distribution company.

4. BAUER
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. Bauer Media
joined the Bauer Media Group in January 2008 following acquisition of Emap plc’s
consumer and specialist magazines, radio, TV, online and digital businesses.
Collectively, the Group employs some 6,400 people. Bauer Media is a multi-
platform UK-based media Group consisting of many companies collected around
two main divisions – Magazines and Radio - widely recognised and rewarded as
being industry innovators.
In 1994, the company bought a small magazine called For Him Magazine which is now
the core of the best-selling international multi-platform brand FHM. In 1996, we
acquired digital music TV channel The Box, as a route into the small screen
business, which has grown into Box Television, a seven channel joint venture TV
business with Channel 4. Continuing its history of magazine launches, Closer was
launched in 2002 and Britain’s first weekly glossy, GRAZIA, was launched in 2005.
Today, Bauer Media spans over 80 influential brand names covering a diverse
range of interests including heat – the must have weekly celebrity title, Parkers,
MATCH!, CAR and Yours. For a full list our powerful brands, click here. Bauer
Media is a sister company of H Bauer Publishing, publisher of the UK's biggest TV
listings, Take a Break and Bella.

5. EMAP
EMAP owns industry-leading brands that sit at the heart of business powerful
B2B communities like Retail, Health, Construction, Architecture, and
Fashion.
Their purpose is to connect professional communities and inspire them to know,
to grow, progress and win. Brands such as HSJ and Retail Week create deep
relationships and unparalleled reach, to increase value for their customers.
They deliver this through senior networking events; industry leading awards;
online data products; social media communities; headline conferences and,
of course, critical insight, news and analysis. They also hear the market
agenda, and create innovative solutions and better ways for their advertisers
and sponsors to connect with the audience. And lastly provide highly valued
subscription services and are rewarded by a following.
EMAP are always independent, relentlessly inquisitive, EMAP embodies quality,
market-leading journalism. We act as the ultimate industry insider, and strive
to always be the trusted authority.