Magazine publishers and audiences

Task 7

Q magazine

• It is published by Bauer media.• The UK's biggest selling monthly music magazine, Q is the

arbiter of quality music. The magazine sits at the heart of a cross-platform brand that discovers great music of substance for its consumers. The Q brand has developed a worldwide reputation as a trusted and premium quality voice of musical authority amongst fans, musicians and the music industry alike - one that is founded upon Q's unrivalled access, world-beating exclusives and outstanding production values. This reputation is extended not only through the magazine but also across online, radio, TV and on into Q's unique events, which encompass exclusive, intimate live shows with major stars and the world famous annual Q Awards.

Q magazine• Platforms• Q Magazine • Q Radio • www.qthemusic.com • Q TV - Sky 364 , Virgin Media 338 • Q Awards• Follow Q on Twitter (www.twitter.com/qmagazine) and Facebook

(http://www.facebook.com/QMagazine)• Audience Profile• Q's audience is composed of passionate, engaged and open minded music

fans driven to continually discover new music - and to use this lust for discovery to influence their friends. The audience is split 75% male to 25% female and is affluent (with 68% ABC1).

Bauer media

• Bauer Media reaches over nineteen million UK adults across multiple media channels. We have more than eighty influential media brands spanning a wide range of interests, including Magic 105.4, Kiss 100, Kerrang and 4Music.

• Bauer Media reaches over nineteen million UK adult across multiple media channels.

• 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

• 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.

• Bauer Media is a sister company of H Bauer Publishing, publisher of the UK's biggest TV listings, Take a Break and Bella.

Music magazine Bauer publishes

1. Empire2. Kerrang3. Q4. Mojo5. 4 Music6. Smash Hits7. Magic8. Kiss9. The Hits Radio10.The Box