1. Publishing
houses

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
Is one of the biggest and
instantly recognisable brands
in the market.
Frequency: Weekly
Cost: £3.20
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
TVTimes
This magazine has the hottest TV
news.
Frequency: Weekly
Cost: £1.10
TVTimes is one of the best known
magazine brands, with over 50
years of TV heritage. It enjoys an
excellent reputation within the
TV industry and has enviable
access to Britain’s favorite stars
and their programmes. TVTimes
is positioned in the premium
sector as a quality TV weekly
magazine, popular with all the
family. After major research and
development, TVT has been
refreshed to reveal a modern
and vibrant look, with a clear
vision of what today's reader
wants from their favorite
television magazine.
http://www.tvtimes.co.uk
Marie Claire
Marie Claire is Britain’s
leading fashion brand.
Frequency: Monthly
Cost: £3.50
This magazine is a worldwide
icon with editions in 36
countries and is published in
the UK in partnership with
French publishing company
Groupe Marie Claire. The UK
edition, published by IPC
Southbank, was launched in
1988. Marie Claire is a
compelling media magazine
that combines out standing
fashion to inspire women who
want to think smart and look
amazing.
http://www.marieclaire.co.uk

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. Mother & Baby
The pregnancy and parenting
magazine for modern mothers.
Mother & Baby provides new
mums and mums-to-be with
the best advice and
information for their
pregnancy, baby and future.
This magazine is for mums-to-be
and mums with children up to 2
years old. Their average age is
32 and 63% work full or part-
time.
Mother & Baby is a magazine
and also online.
www.askamum.co.uk
Heat
The UK’s most famous celebrity
brand.
Heat was launched in 2000 and
is now the must have celebrity
weekly. Delivering unrivalled
exclusive access to the world's
most famous people in the
magazine every week, a heat
moment is always an
Oh.My.God! moment. heat’s
unique sense of humor,
obsessive attention to celebrity
detail and unshakable
dedication to the joy of gossip is
what keeps everyone coming
back for more.
Heat is a magazine, on radio
and online.
www.heatworld.com www.matchmag.co.uk
MATCH!
The number one youth
football brand.
This magazine brings fans
closer to their football heroes.
MATCH! magazine features
the biggest stars, the best
interviews, and the latest
football news every week.
7-16 year old football mad
children and teenagers
mainly boys with a median
age of 12.

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 and lifestyle
magazine that is published
in 18 national and one
regional edition. Each
month, Vogue publishes a
magazine including topics
of fashion, life and design.
The price of this creative
magazine is varied around
£3.80.
Wired
This magazine is a full-color
monthly American
magazine which is
published since March 1993,
that reports on how
technology affects culture,
the economy, and politics. It
is published in San
Francisco, California. It also
has 2 new national editions
Wired UK and Wired Italia.
The founding designers were
John Plunkett and Barbara
Kuhr, starting with a 1991
prototype and continuing
through the first five years of
publication, 1993–98.
GQ
This was originally
Gentlemen's Quarterly is a
monthly men's magazine
focusing on fashion, style,
and culture for men, through
articles on food, movies,
fitness, sex, music, travel,
sports, technology, 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.
Future sells more than 3 million magazines each month and they have more than 20 million unique
visitors to their websites and they host 27 annual live events that attract hundreds of thousands of
enthusiasts. Future exports or syndicates publications to 90 countries internationally, making us the
UK’s number one exporter and licensor of monthly magazines.
Future’s magazines, websites and events are managed across four portfolios: Games, Technology,
Music & Movies and Active. Our biggest titles include XBox 360: The Official Magazine, Total Film, T3,
Guitar World and Maximum PC.
Future, the special-interest media group, announces that it has appointed Mark Whiteling as a
non-executive Director with effect from 8th October 2010.
Future plc, the international special-interest media group, provides a pre-close trading update
ahead of its results for the year ending 30 September 2010 which will be announced on 24
November 2010.
In 2006 future was the sixth largest company in the UK.
It focuses on magazine and internet publishing.

10. 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.
Future sells more than 3 million magazines each month and they have more than 20 million unique
visitors to their websites and they host 27 annual live events that attract hundreds of thousands of
enthusiasts. Future exports or syndicates publications to 90 countries internationally, making us the
UK’s number one exporter and licensor of monthly magazines.
Future’s magazines, websites and events are managed across four portfolios: Games, Technology,
Music & Movies and Active. Our biggest titles include XBox 360: The Official Magazine, Total Film, T3,
Guitar World and Maximum PC.
Future, the special-interest media group, announces that it has appointed Mark Whiteling as a
non-executive Director with effect from 8th October 2010.
Future plc, the international special-interest media group, provides a pre-close trading update
ahead of its results for the year ending 30 September 2010 which will be announced on 24
November 2010.
In 2006 future was the sixth largest company in the UK.
It focuses on magazine and internet publishing.