Magazines Published

Market ShareSelling over 350 million copies each year. IPC Media isa leading UK consumer magazine publisher. 2 in every 3 UKwomen and over 44% of UK men read an IPC magazine.

ProfitOperating profits to £51.3 millionlast year, with revenues up 1.5%to £356 million.

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Web Details Advertise job using Twitter One of their most popular magazines,Look, has a web page and a Twitter

History and DevelopmentIt’s a British magazine publishingindustry that started in the late-1960s

Location and BasesLondon, England

•Country Life•Look•Now•Teen Now•Marie Claire•Style at Home•Woman&home•Golf Monthly•Soaplife•Good to Know•NME•Nuts

Their award winning portfolioof websites reaches over 25million global users every month

Magazines Published

•Closer•FHM•Kerrang•More!•Classic Car Weekly•Match!•Zoo

History and DevelopmentIn 1996, they bought digital music TV channelThe Box. This was a way to get into the small screenbusiness, which has grown into Box Television,a seven channel joint venture TV business with Channel 4.

Important MomentsBauer Media is a sister companyof H Bauer Publishing,publisher of the UK's biggestTV listings, Take a Break and Bella.

Closer was launched in 2002 and Britain’sfirst weekly glossy, GRAZIA, was launched in2005.

Profit€2.129 Billion(2010)(£1.69628 Billon)

Location and BasesHamburg, Germany

Company Size- 6400 Employees Europe’s largest privately owned publishing group. It is a worldwide media empire offering over 300 magazine in 15countries, as well as online, TV and radio stations

Magazines Published

•Metal Hammer•Classic RoCK•Procycling •Windows: The Official Magazine •Your Knitting Life•Photo Plus•PlayStation: The Official Magazine •Classics Monthly

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History and Development

ProfitFuture reported a fall in profitsfrom £9.5 million to£3.7 million (a loss of 61%) in 2009

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Location and BasesBath, UKArea served:United KingdomUnited StatesAustralia

Company SizeThey sell 2.2 million magazines every month, andexport to 89 countries, making them UK’snumber one exporter and licensor of magazines

Web DetailsMany of the magazines have websites of their own

• GQ Style• House & Garden• Brides• Easy Living• Love• Glamour• Vogue

Profit£117.8m

History and Development

Location and BasesNew York City

Company SizeCondé Nast publishes 128 magazines and maintains and develops over 100 websites across 25 markets. Condé Nast is part of Advance Publications, Inc., one of the largest privately owned media and communications companies in the world.

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Web DetailsMost of the magazines Condé Nastown, have their own personal websitefor example: vogue.com, brides.com,gq.com/style They also have aTwitter @CondeNastCorp