MEDIA STUDIESMAGAZINE PUBLISHER RESEARCHAOIFE RANYELL

TIME INC.UK (Formerly IPC MEDIA)

Time Inc. UK was founded in 1968 and is based in London-UK. Tim Inc. is one of the most widely known media publishers in the world, selling over 350 million copies each year and owns many well known magazines from Instyle UK, Country life and ideal home. The only music magazine that it owns and publishes is NME.OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.timeincuk.com

The NME (stands for New musical express) is a weekly published music journalism magazine, created in the UK and published since march 1952.NME was the first British made paper to include a music singles chart which first began in the NME 14th November 1952 edition. NME began as a music newspaper however it was gradually moved towards magazine format during the 1880’s.Its main genre of music that it focuses on is rock, alternative and indie types of music. In the 1970’s it became one of the best-selling British born music magazines.NME has also been created into an online version which was launched in 1996 and now is one of the worlds biggest music sites with over 7 million users per month.

BAUER MEDIA GROUP

Bauer media group was first founded in 1875 and is located in Hamburg, Germany. Bauer media has over 600 magazines, 400 digital products and 50 radio and TV stations underneath its name around the world. Bauer media group publishes many noted magazines such as the women’s magazine: closer, and Grazia, it also publishes two widely known music magazines: MOJO and Q.OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.bauermedia.co.uk

MOJO:MOJO was initially published Emap until 2008 when it was switched over to Bauer media. MOJO ‘s first issue was produced on November 1993 and is located in London, UK.MOJO’s main genre in classic rock, in keeping with the classic rock aesthetic, the firs ever issues cover stars where Bob Dylan and John Lenon.

Q:Q magazine was first published in October 1986 by Emap. The magazine itself is produced monthly, and is mainly located in the UK. Q does not have a particular genre of music that it focuses on however its main focus is the music charts and anything that it popular in that month.Q magazine originally set itself apart from other magazine because of its monthly publication pattern and its much higher standards of photography and printing

EGMONTGROUP

The Egmont group is a Denmark based media corporation founded in Copenhagen in 1878. Traditionally the Egmont group’s business area has been magazine publishing’s but recently in the past few years they have branched out to books as well. Mainly Egmont appeals and focuses on the children's market when it comes to magazines, the only big name music magazine they publish is we love pop. OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.egmont.co.uk

WE LOVE POP:We love pop is a pop magazine aimed at 13-15 year olds. Produced by the Egmont group and first published on the 20 th July 2011 with a cover price of £1.We love pop magazine filled a gap in the market for a pop magazine aimed at this particular age group . Egmont’s opening statement about we love pop magazine was:

"With pop domination of the charts, and a host of TV shows like Glee and X Factor feeding the buzz, we believe the time is right to bring the pop world to life for a new generation of teens."

IMMEDIATE MEDIA COMPANY

The immediate media company (also known as the immediate media co.) was founded on November 1st 2011 in London , UK but also have a publisher based in Bristol and it is owned by Exponent private equity. The immediate media co. publishes over 50 major magazine titles and around 30 websites including brands like Top gear and BBC Cbeebies magazine , with around 750 staff employed so it is a relatively small publishing company compared to the others that I have looked into. The only major music magazine brand that it publishes is the BBC Top of the pops magazine.

OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.immediate.co.uk

TOP OF THE POPS:BBC top of the pops magazine is a monthly publicised pop magazine, first produced in February 1995. Top of the pops was initially created as a spin off from the TV programme : Top of the pops. It features monthly chart information, gossip and fashion advice aimed at the target audience of younger teenage girls. The magazine is still extremely popular after the cancellation of the TV programme .