Sunday, 26 February 2012

Research into Media Institutions


Bauer Media Group
Bauer Media Group is a large German publishing company based in Hamburg and is publisher of the popular magazines, Q, Mojo and Kerrang, among 300 other magazines. It also produces media online, in TV and radio. It is the largest privately owned publishing company in Europe and operates in 15 countries around the world. Collectively, the institution employs about 6,400 people. The company was founded in 1875 and since then it has been privately-owned and managed by the Bauer family. It was previously  named Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG, abbreviated to HBV. Worldwide, the company produces around 38 million magazine issues a week. 
Bauer Media Group’s Q music brand has now expanded to Radio and Television, Q Radio and Q TV specialising in indie, rock and alternative. Q also holds annual music awards in the UK, known as Q Awards. There is also Kerrang! TV, specialising in rock music.
 
IPC Media
IPC Media, formerly known as International Publishing Corporation, a subsidiary of Time Inc., owned by the media conglomerate, Time Warner and founded in the mid 1950’s. It is a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the UK, selling over 350 million magazine copies each year. It is the publisher of music magazines, NME and Uncut.

IPC's diverse print and digital range focuses on three core audiences: men, mass market women and upmarket women. Their music magazines come under the division, IPC Inspire, covering the male audience. NME magazine, www.nme.com, NMETV, NME Radio and the brand's live events and awards, NME reaches over one million music fans every week and has a 58 year heritage. Uncut is a music and movie influenced magazine, celebrating all that is great in rock and film, both modern and classic.   

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