Institutions

Melissa Rowan

IPC-International Publishing Company

IPC is one of the UKs leading consumer magazine and digital publishers-their largo portfolio sells over 350 million copies every year! IPC has 5 magazine divisions; Connect (women's weeklies) , Inspire (leisure), ignite! (men's lifestyle and entertainment), Southbank (women's lifestyle and home interest) and TX (portfolio of television titles) Music magazines they own include NME and Guitar and Bass-these genres are associated mainly with rock.

Bauer Media Group

A German publishing company based in Hamburg. It operates in 15 countries worldwide. Since being founded in 1875, it has been privately-owned and under management by the Bauer family. Bauer provides Q, MOJO and KERRANG- all are advertised on the website as men's magazines.

Emap
Emap was the second largest magazine publisher within the UK, with around 18% of the news-stand market by revenue (to IPC/Time Warner's 20%). Its music magazines including Kiss and Magic, Went to Bauer for 1.14 billion; making the German magazine publisher the largest in Britain.