Bauer Media Group is a large European based media company which is based in Germany, Hamburg founded in 1875. It manages a portfolio of products such as magazines, digital products, radio and TV stations in local markets across the world. As you can see below Bauer magazine provide a huge range of magazines that cater for a wide audience. This is

obvious from the range of male target bases such as bike and FHM to woman’s magazines like Closer and mother and baby.

Here are the two music magazines which the Bauer institution own.

Q is the UK’s biggest selling music monthly magazine which has developed a worldwide reputation as a trusted and premium quality

magazine which is also extended through online, radio and Q’s unique events. Q magazine sells on

average of 52,700 copies a month

MOJO is the world’s largest UK music magazine, delivering a monthly dose of

world class journalism and iconic photography to an audience of

extremely passionate music consumers. Mojo sells 94,600 magazines a month

HistoryBauer Verlagsgruppe has

been managed by five generations of the Bauer family. Originally a small

printing house in Germany, Bauer Media Group entered

the UK with the launch of Bella magazine in 1987 and, under the name of 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.

Immediate Media Company Limited is a combined publishing house containing the former assets of Origin Publishing, Magicalia and BBC Magazines which was founded in 2011 based in London and Bristol and has 750 employees. 60% of

Immediates profit is generated by the RadioTimes, which is now spearheading the company’s moves into online retailing.

Here are the music magazines which Immediate Media own and are the institution behind of. These include BBC music magazine

and Top of the pops.

BBC Music Magazine is the world’s best selling classical music magazine and is the most

comprehensive monthly guide to the world of classical music – live, broadcast and recorded. It is

packed full of information and inspiring features on all aspects of classical music and is read by an

engaged, informed audience of affluent, upmarket culture. This magazine has a total circulation of

40,958 copies sold each issue.

Top of the Pops magazine is a monthly publication published by Immediate Media

Company. It features include chart information, star gossip, fashion and beauty advice, quizzes, song lyrics and posters. The magazine was launched in February 1995 and became famous for giving the

Spice Girls their nicknames. Tops of the pops magazine circulates a total of 63,483 copies an issue

Time Inc. UK, formerly known as IPC Media, is Britain's leading publisher of print and digital magazine content with more than 60 iconic brands which include Country Life, Horse & Hound and NME etc. It’s one of the largest media companies in the world reaching more tan 130 million consumers each month across multiple platforms such as magazine, online and app.You can see from the image of all of the brands that this companies only music magazine is NME as the rest all tend to be lifestyle such as sports and other outdoors topics.

NME is a British weekly music journalism publication which has been going since 1952 based in

Southwark, London. The magazine has a circulation of

70,017. NME’s target audience is aimed at 15-34 of those who fit

under the A, B and C1 on the audience code.

SpinMedia (formerly Buzz Media) is one of the largest digital publishers in the U.S, owning a community of pop culture websites such as Buzznet, Idolator VIBE and Death and Taxes with over 40

million unique monthly visitors.

Vibe is a music and entertainment magazine founded by producer Quincy Jones. The publication

predominantly features R&B and hip-hop music artists, actors and other entertainers. The magazine's target

demographic is predominantly young, urban followers of hip-hop culture. In 2014, the magazine moved online-only. The magazines success came from it featuring a

wider range of interests that its competitors such as XXL and The Source. Vibe has a total circulation of 301,408.

BuzzNet is a photo, journal, and video-sharing social media network, owned by Buzz Media. Like other social networking sites, Buzznet is a platform for members to

share content based on their personal interests. However Buzznet differ from the usual social networking site as it predominantly focuses on music, celebrities and the media rather than the common focus of messaging

and profile pages.