2. IPC Media produces over 85 iconic media brand, with their print brands alone reaching almost two thirds of UK
women and 44% of UK men – almost 27 million UK adults, while our online brands collectively reach 20 million
users every month.
IPC diverse print and digital portfolio offers something for everyone, which have three core audiences they focus
on which are:
Men (IPC inspire) – this comprises a wealth of leisure brands including, Country life, Horse & Hound, Rugby
World Decanter, also they have lifestyle brands including, NUTS, Mousebreaker and NME.
Mass market women (IPC connect) – this comprises famous women's weeklies including, Look, Chat, Now and
Woman, also TV entertainment brands including, What’s on TV, TVTimes and TV & Satellite week, and online
there is the goodtoknow network.
Upmarket women (IPC Southbank) – comprises luxury fashion brands including, Marie Clare and InStyle, also
there are lifestyle brands including, woman&home and essentials, also home interest brands including, Ideal Home,
Livingetc and housetohome.
IPC media is wholly owned by Time Inc.
In the mid 1950’s the magazine publishing industry was dominated by a handful of companies. These companies
fought each other for market share in a highly competitive marketplace.
3. Country Life
It is a well known Magazine and an
instantly recognisable company.
Cost: £3.00
Frequency: weekly
It has a unique core mix of
contemporary country-related editorial
and top end property advertising.
Editorially, the magazine comments
in-depth on a wide variety of subjects
including, architecture, the arts,
gardens and gardening, the
countryside, field-sports and wildlife.
www.countrylife.co.uk
TV Choice
It’s a well known Company
as it keeps up to date with
soap and TV news.
Cost: 42p
Frequency: Weekly
It has many pictures and
facts about the weekly
programs.
Fashion
It is one of the worlds best
fashion magazines.
Cost: 3.00
Frequency: Monthly
The magazine seems to
chose celebrities for the
front cover, and it has
fashion advice the last
clothes and style.
www.tvchoice.com www.fashion.com
4. Bauer Media company is private and focuses on the industry of publishing and broadcasting. It was
founded in 1875 and it’s headquarters are in Hamburg, Germany, also the areas served are Europe, USA,
China and Russia. It has a revenue turnover of 1.79 billion euro.
Bauer media is a large German publishing company based in Hamburg, which operates in 15 countries
worldwide. Since the company was founded in 1875, it has been privately-owned and under management
by the Bauer family. It was formerly called Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG, abbreviated to HBV and usually
shortened to H. Bauer.
It has over 230 magazines in 15 countries, as well as online, TV and radio stations. The worldwide
circulation of this media group’s magazines amounts to 38 million magazines a week.
The Group employs some 6,400 people and has a 2008 turnover of 2.08 billion Euros.
Bauer Media reaches over nineteen million UK adults across multiple media channels. They have more
than eighty influential media brands spanning a wide range of interests, including magazines and their
group of twenty local radio stations.
5. www.kerrang.com
This is a magazine for
anyone who listens to this
genre of music.
This magazine focuses
around rock and roll music
along with heavy metal. It
also contains a large amount
of concert reviews and
poster.
Cost: £2.50
Frequency: Weekly
They also have a website:
Uk’s most popular celebrity
gossip magazine.
Heat was launch in the year
2000, and after only a few
months it became one for the
most popular celebrity gossip
magazine.
Cost: £2.30
Frequency: Weekly
They also have a website:
www.heatworld.com
This is the most popular sports
magazine.
This magazine is mainly bought
by younger children, and is not
as popular with adults. It mainly
contains the weekly updates
about all the football matches,
rugby matches etc… it also has
many posters on the inside of
sports stars.
Cost: £3.00
Frequency: Weekly
They also have a website:
www.motdmag.com
6. Condé Nast is subsidiary and was founded in 1907. it’s headquarters are in a Condé Nast building in New
York City. The companies revenue for 2007 was £2 billion estimated USD, FY and its parent is Advanced
Publications.
Condé Nast is a worldwide magazine publishing company. Its main offices are in New York, Chicago,
Miami, Madrid, Milan, Tokyo, London and Paris. Condé Nast is run by S.I. Newhouse Jr, and is a division
of Advance Publications, who have owned the company since 1959.
By 1998 the group included 17 such publications, many of them are the largest in their markets. It had an
average total circulation of over 13 million issues a month, and an estimated actual readership 5 times
larger than that.
7. Vogue
This is a fashion a life
magazine. It contains the
latest fashion and advice.
Vogue is the most popular
fashion magazine as it is
known all over the world and
has interviews from top
designers
Cost: £3.80
Frequency: Monthly
Weird
This a magazine that
focuses on the economy
and politics. It is full of
colour and images which
makes it stand out a lot
more. It is a popular
Magazine in San
Francisco and California
and was publish in 1993.
GQ
GQ is a men's fashion
magazine. It mainly
focuses on Style,
culture and fashion
although there are
articles on food, travel,
movies, sport, sex and
books.
8. EMAP is a private company and it’s industry is publishing. This was founded in 1947 and now it’s
headquarters are in London, UK. The revenue turnover in 2006 was £1.154 billion. It’s operating
income in 2006 was £223 million.
Emap is a British media company, specializing in the production of business-to-business
magazines, and the organization of business events and conferences. It has 59 business-to-
business magazines.
The magazine division was found on a hunch when the company’s presses are low between
printing issues of the local papers. The thought that a weekly angling publication would be a hit so I
1953 Angling Times was made. Which was soon joined by another high selling magazine motor
cycle news from its founded in 1956 for £100. both remain in the top 10 profit earners for the
company to this day.
9. Future is a private limited company (PLC) and focuses in the industry on magazine and internet
publishing. It was founded by Chris Anderson in 1985, and its headquarters and in Bath, UK. It sells
more that 3 million magazines each month and attracts over 20 million people to the website each
month.
It also has over 27 live events every year which attracts over 100,000 people and enthusiast. In
addition, Future exports or syndicates publications to 90 countries internationally, making us the
UK’s number one exporter and licensor of monthly magazines.
The target audience for this specific company is adults and teenagers, as it is suppose to be quite
useful information about websites.