Music Magazine Publishers

IPC Media own a large variety of magazines, including: Now, TV Weekly and Country Life.With more than 60 iconic media brands, IPC creates content for multiple platforms, across print, online, mobile, tablets and events. As the UKs leading consumer magazine publisher they engage with 26m UK adults - almost two thirds of UK women and 42% of UK men. The award winning portfolio of websites reaches over 25 million users globally every month.The New Musical Express, now known as NME, is a music publication in the UK, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, in the 14 November 1952 edition. In the 1970s it became the best-selling British music newspaper.

Kerrang, Mojo and Q are all owned by Bauer Media. Bauer Verlagsgruppe has been managed by four generations of the Bauer family. Originally a small printing house, The Bauer Publishing Group has grown into a worldwide publishing and media company. The Bauer Publishing Group comprises 300 magazines worldwide in 15 countries, as well as TV and radio stations. Bauer started in the UK with the launch of Bella magazine in 1987 and as H Bauer Publishing became Britain's third largest publisher. Bauer further expanded in the UK with the purchase of Emap Consumer Media and Emap Radio in 2008 to become the UK's biggest publishing group.

The group acquired Australia's largest magazine publisher, ACP Magazines from private equity firm, CVC in 2012, increasing the company’s value to more than €2 billion.

The magazine publisher i would want to publish my magazine is IPC Media as it creates content for multiple platforms meaning the magazine can be accessed online, on mobiles and in print. It is also the UK's leading consumer magazine publisher and i am aiming my magazine mainly towards the UK and partially at the US.