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IPC Media produces over 60 iconic media brands, with print alone reaching almost two thirds of
UK women and 42% of UK men almost 26 million UK adults while their websites collectively
reach over 20 million users every month.

Music magazines published by IPC MEDIA include:

(Screenshot from the NME official

website)
The New Musical Express (NME) is a popular music magazine in the United Kingdom,
published weekly since March 1952. 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 magazine.
During the period 1972 to 1976 it was particularly associated with gonzo journalism, then
became closely associated with punk rock through the writing of Tony Parsons and Julie Burchill.
IPC Plus works with partners to create new revenue streams through innovative use of IPC's
brands and content.

The business includes their international portfolio of magazines, syndication and brand
licensing, the creation of consumer products from IPC's magazines brands. Partners benefit
from working with the best brands, their editorial expertise and great content.

IPC’s approach to licensing and syndication is flexible and personal. their teams are experienced
and knowledgeable, working across all of their brands, from specialist magazines to broader
consumer ones. Their partners, in all continents, range from large multinationals to publishers
focused on specific territories and market segments. They take pride in helping partners execute
in their markets and in using their content in different ways – on television, advertising
campaigns and special editions. A flexible philosophy enables personal service and for each
client and partner our teams offer a bespoke service.
Music magazines published by BAUER MEDIA include:

Q magazine

A Different Take On Music

Q magazine is inventive, insightful, irreverent, the UK’s biggest selling music magazine and the
world’s best music guide. The reason is simple. Q gets the interviews and exclusives that no
other magazine can. Couple this with the famous Q magazine Review section and our new
Entertainment section, featuring everything you need to know about films, DVDs, radio, books,
games and gadgets, and you’ve got what amounts to the most essential music/entertainment
guide there is.

Taken from Q MAGAZINE official website

Q is a music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, with a circulation of 130,179
as of June 2007.

Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which
they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs.

Q was first published in October 1986, setting itself apart from much of the other music press
with monthly production and higher standards of photography and printing. In the early years,
the magazine was sub-titled "The modern guide to music and more".

Originally it was to be called Cue, but the name was changed so that it wouldn't be mistaken for
a snooker magazine. Another reason, cited in Q's 200th edition, is that a single letter title would
be more prominent on newsstands
About Bauer Media
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 joined the Bauer Media Group in January 2008 following acquisition of Emap plc’s
consumer and specialist magazines, radio, TV, online and digital businesses. Collectively,
the Group employs some 6,400 people and has a 2008 turnover of 2.08 billion Euros.

Bauer Media is a multi-platform UK-based media Group consisting of many companies collected
around two main divisions. Magazines and Radio which are widely recognised and rewarded as
being industry innovators.

Our business is built on influential media brands with millions of personal relationships with
engaged readers and listeners. Our strategy is to connect audiences with excellent content
through our broad multi-touch point brand platforms, wherever and whenever and however
they want. Our wide portfolio of influential brands gives us advantages over pure play magazine
or radio competitors.
I feel that both IPC MEDIA and BAUER MEDIA would work best with publishing my
media product (music magazine). Both media publishers focus on niche and mass
market so C MUSIC would benefit from the mass production, advertising and
promotion. Both groups are extremely well known and successful companies and
would be the best to publish C MUSIC.