Magazine Institutions

Research

Immediate Media co.They create compelling content on platforms that enhances the way people engage with what they love. This is where everything they create is focused

around.Immediate Media Co is an award-winning special interest content and platform company. They are one of the biggest consumer media businesses in the UK

and the third largest magazine publisher.From the information above you can see that the company is very successful and I want to follow some of their guidelines when creating my magazine.

BBC Top Of The Pops Magazine is the biggest-selling teen lifestyle title in the market, focusing on self discovery, self expression and the world of celebrities. Featuring the latest fashion and beauty, star gossip, real life stories and celebrity advice, the magazine brings readers exclusive and exciting content every four weeks.

The target audience for this magazine is pre teens and 12 being the most popular age for this magazine. They have advanced demographics. Their aim is to bring the readers closer to their idols and they are the biggest selling teen title.

IPCWith more than 60 iconic media brands, IPC creates content for multiple

platforms, across print, online, mobile, tablets and events.  As the UK's leading consumer magazine publisher we engage with 26m UK adults - almost two

thirds of UK women and 42% of UK men. Our award winning portfolio of websites reaches over 25 million users globally every month. IPC Media is

committed to working in partnership with its consumers, advertisers, business partners and employees to deliver exceptional value, service, innovation and

creativity.

NME has become a truly unique multi-platform media proposition. Across the magazine, NME.com, NME Video and the brand's live events and awards, NME reaches over 1.1 million music fans every week.NME is the longest published and most respected music weekly in the world. Every week it gives its readers the most exciting, most authoritative coverage of the very best in new music, including award-winning features, the latest releases, live reviews, the definitive guide to the best new bands in its Radar section, as well as a regular look back through the magazine's incredible 60 year heritage.

NME.COM is the world's biggest standalone music site serving an intensely engaged audience of 16-24 year-olds. It draws on NME's heritage as a music authority to delight users with a mix of news, opinion and artist interviews. NME.COM is where the most passionate music fans on the planet come together.

Bauer MediaThey have more than eighty influential media brands, spanning a wide range of interests, including heat, GRAZIA, Closer, MCN, FHM, Parkers, MATCH, Magic

105.4, Kiss 100, Kerrang and 4Music. Their business is built on millions of personal relationships with engaged audiences. They connect people and

communities with compelling and quality content, whenever, wherever and however they want.

Q, the UK’s biggest selling music monthly magazine, sits at the heart of a cross-platform brand that celebrates the biggest stars in rock and roll and brings you the most exciting new artists. The Q brand has developed a worldwide reputation as a trusted and premium quality voice of musical authority amongst fans, musicians and the music industry alike - one that is founded upon Q's unrivalled access, world-beating exclusives and outstanding production values. This reputation is extended not only through the magazine but across online, radio and on into Q's unique events, which encompass exclusive, intimate live shows with major stars and the world famous annual Q Awards.

Bauer aim a lot of their music magazines at males. Such as Q magazine, Kerrang and mojo. This tells you that this is their strongest demographic audience and something that will be valued by this audience.