Music Magazine Research

- EMAP, standing for East Midland Allied Press. is a British media company, specialising in the production of business-to-business magazines, and the organisation of business events and conferences. The company is now owned by Apax and Guardian Media Group.

- The company’s purpose is to connect professional communities and inspire them to know, to grow, progress and win.

- EMAP has 20 magazines including Drapers, Nursing Times, Retail Week and Broadcast.

- “Always independent, relentlessly inquisitive, EMAP embodies quality, market-leading journalism. We act as the ultimate industry insider, and strive to always be the trusted authority. For our customers, EMAP provides the best possible way to connect with their world. We are their competitive advantage.”

EMAP

- The Bauer Media Group is Europe’s largest privately owned publishing group. It is a worldwide media empire offering over 300 magazines in 15 countries, as well as online, TV and radio stations.

- The Bauer Media Group owns more than 80 brands including Empire, Heat, Kerrang, KISS, 4 Music, MOJO, Q and Cool FM.

- Worldwide circulation of Bauer Media Group's magazine titles amounts to 38 million magazines a week.

“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.”

Bauer Media Group

Time Inc. UK

- Time Inc. UK (formally IPC Media) is a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the United Kingdom, with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year. Time Inc owns over 60 brands and engages with almost half of all UK adults in print, with their websites reaching over 28 million global users every month. Time Inc. Uk is Britains leading publisher of print and digital magazine content.

- Some of their brands include NME, Ideal Home, Woman’s Own, Look, Marie Claire UK, and Now.

- “Time Inc. UK is a subsidiary of Time Inc, one of the world’s leading media companies reaching more than 130 million consumers each month across multiple platforms through influential brands such as Time, People, Sports Illustrated, InStyle, and NME. With 50 editions of Time Inc. magazines licensed in more than 30 countries the Time Inc. global portfolio touches all corners of the world. Time Inc. connects audiences through shared experiences, celebrated events and franchises including the Fortune 500, Time 100, People’s Sexiest Man Alive, Sports Illustrated’s Sportsman of the Year, the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen and the Essence Festival.”