3. Future PLC
• Future PLC is an intenational special-interest media group that is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Founded in 1985 with one magazine, today they have operations in the UK, US and Australia creating over
180 special-interest publications, websites and events for people who are passionate about their interests.
They hold market-leading positions in games, film, music, technology, cycling, automotive and crafts.
• Future PLC sells 3.2 million magazines each month; they attract more than 23 million unique visitors to their
websites; and they host 27 annual live events that attract hundreds of thousands of enthusiasts. In addition,
Future exports or syndicates publications to 90 countries internationally, making them the UK’s number one
exporter and licensor of monthly magazines.
• 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.
• Musicradar.com, their flagship music-making website, now attracts five million page views a month, providing
news, reviews, tutorials and a community for music-makers. MusicRadar launched new bass and acoustic
channels in 2010, along with StoreFinder, a bespoke web app that enables browsers to find their local music
retailer.
• 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.
• 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.
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5. IPC Media
• IPC Media produces over 60 iconic media brands, with print alone reaching almost
two thirds of UK women and 42% of UK men – almost 26 million UK adults – while
our websites collectively reach over 20 million users every month.
• IPC's diverse print and digital portfolio offers something for everyone, with a focus on
three core audiences: men, mass market women and upmarket women.
• NME has become a truly unique multi-platform media proposition. Across the
magazine, NME.com, NMETV, NME Radio and the brand's live events and awards,
NME reaches over one million music fans every week. NME is the longest published
and most respected music weekly in the world. Every week it gives its readers the
most exciting, most authoritative coverage of the very best in contemporary music,
including award winning features, the latest releases, live reviews, the definitive guide
to the best new bands in its Radar section, as well as a regular look back through the
magazine's incredible 58 year heritage.
• The website was launched in 1996; the award-winning NME.com has grown to
become Europe's most successful music website, with over 4 million unique users
across the globe. Famous for its industry-leading music news, world exclusives,
breadth of reviews, video content and in-depth features, NME.com is the digital
archive of the NME, with over 30,000 news stories, reviews and features in its
database. NME.com was voted Interactive Consumer Magazine of the Year at the
2009 PPA Awards.
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7. Bauer Media
• 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 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.
• Bauer Media connects and engages 19 million consumers every week with the most influential brands in the
UK.
The value of their in-depth understanding of these audiences is reflected in their unrivalled research
initiatives. Bauer Media is in a unique position to be able to deliver groundbreaking consumer insight to
media professionals, having more market leading brands across a wider breadth of markets than any other
media owner.
• Bauer Media bridges the insight gap with the battle-tested consumer knowledge that has underpinned its
own success in fierce consumer markets, and from an advertising standpoint, its unrivalled experience in
providing creative solutions to its customers.
• Their business is built on influential media brands with millions of personal relationships with engaged
readers and listeners. Their strategy is to connect audiences with excellent content through their broad multi-
touch point brand platforms, wherever and whenever and however they want. Their wide portfolio of
influential brands gives them advantages over pure play magazine or radio competitors.
• The seeds of the company’s radio business were planted in 1990 with the acquisition of London dance
station Kiss FM (now called Kiss 100), followed by the acquisition of Liverpool's Radio City and later by TWC
and the Metro Group. Then came the acquisition of Melody FM which was transformed into the market-
leading Magic 105.4.
• 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.
• 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.
8.
9. EMAP
• Emap is a business-to-business multiplatform media group, whose brands inform, inspire and
connect within the sectors they operate in. For millions of people across the globe involved in
the built environment, retail, media, fashion, health, education, government and automotive
sectors, Emap provides essential news, analysis and access.
• Emap maintains an undiluted focus on content and product quality across online and offline
publications, conferences, awards, exhibitions, festivals, data and intelligence services. This
enables the sharing of best practice, ideas and inspiration, for better, more timely, more
informed decisions. Emap gives business professionals the commercial understanding and
access to the people and organisations they need to do their jobs better.
• Emap’s ethos is routed in innovation, in making brave decisions for a better offering that meet
and exceed customer demands intelligently and proactively. They are committed to giving those
who rely on them the best in networking, information or stimulation.
• They depend on the imagination and passion of their people to invent and develop their brands,
and drive their business forward. Personal accountability is at the centre of Emap, which means
Emap employees are empowered to create the kind of timely, dynamic products our customers
find essential.
• Emap started life as a local newspaper company in 1947. Today Emap is a global media group,
playing a crucial role in giving the retail, media, finance, fashion, health, education, government
and automotive sectors the essential news, analysis and access they need to succeed.
