Founded: 1963
Publishes: "Uncut", "NME", "Nuts" (and many more)
Sales (Readership) Figures: Over 350 million magazines yearly
About: 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) also their websites collectively reach over 20 million users every month.
Other Interesting Information:
- IPC Media was formerly known as "IPC Magazines Ltd" until 1998 where it was subject to a management buyout, it was then renamed to "IPC Media".
- IPC Media groups its current title under 3 magazine divisions, each focusing on a core audience: "Connect" (focusing on mass market women), "SouthBank" (focusing on upmarket women) and "Inspire" (focusing on men"
- "IPC" stands for "International Publishing Corporation"
Institution: Development Hell Ltd
Founded: 2001
Publishes: Mixmag, The Word
Sales (Readership) Figures: (Information not provided)
About: Development Hell Ltd is an independent media company based in Islington, London. Development Hell Ltd has provided consultancy for some of Britain's biggest publishers such as "Dennis", "Future" and "IPC Media".
Other Interesting Information:
- In April 2009 Development Hell Ltd acquired "DontstayIn.com", the world's biggest clubbing social network.
- Among the Development Hell team are some of the most experienced and respected operators in British magazines including "The Word"'s editor - Mark Ellen, and former editorial director of "Q" and"Smash Hits" - David Hepworth.
Institution: Bauer Media Group
Founded: 1875
Publishes: Kerrang, Q, Grazia (and many more)
Sales (Readership) Figures: 38 million magazines a week
About: Bauer Media Group is Europe's largest privately owned publishing group and a worldwide media empire offering over 300 magazines in 15 countries, as well as online, TV and radio stations.
Other Interesting Information:
- Bauer Media Group is a large German publishing company based in Hamburg.
- Bauer Media Group has been managed by four generations of the Bauer family.
- Bauer Media Group was originally a small printing house.
This sums it up for my internet research into institutions, I have listed some of the most popular institutions along with the institutions' logo, information into when the institutions were founded, some of the magazines the institutions publish, sales (readership) figures, information about the company and finally some extra, interesting information about the company (this information isn't key but was chosen because I simply found it interesting).
Anyway, till next time :)
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