Magazine Publisher Analysis

IPC Media, (International Publishing Corporation) was founded 47 years ago in 1968. Its origin is in the UK and is now based in London. IPC Media is owned by Time Warner. The company has a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year. An example of a music magazine that the company publish is NME, one of the top selling music magazines. Along with that IPC Media also publish everyday magazines such as Marie Claire and What’s on TV.

BBC Magazines is within a combined publishing house containing BBC Magazines itself along with Magicalia and Origin Publishing. The Company publisher was formed in November 1^st 2011 and is based in the UK also. Its owned by Exponent Private Equity. It publishes over 35 magazines. A music magazine which BBC Magazines published is the Radio Times.

Bauer, another magazine publisher was known when there was the release of Take a Break in 1990. However came into the eye of the UK in 1987 along with Bella Magazine. Yvonne Bauer is the key publisher and owner of the company. The company publish a variety of many magazines. They music magazines they publish are Kerrang!, MOJO and Q. Along with that they also publish Closer and Heat. They are known to publish the most popular woman’s magazines.