1. Music Institutions Joanna Crook

2. Bauer Media  Bauer media was founded in 1875  Bauer Media are a large German publishing company based in Hamburg. They own Q, Mojo and Kerrang. It is Europe's largest privately owned publishing group.  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.  Continuing its history in magazine launching in 2005 they launched Britain’s first ever glossy weekly magazine Grazia  Their magazine heritage stretches back to 1953 with the launch of Angling times and the acquisition in 1956 of Motor cycle News, both still iconic brands.

3. Circulation  Bauer Media reaches over 22 million UK adults every week.  Bauer Media UK reaches over 22 million UK consumers every week through a portfolio of world-class, multi-platform media and entertainment brands including heat, Kiss, Grazia, Empire, Magic and Absolute Radio. It creates and curates entertaining media content that audiences love whenever, wherever and however they want through a multi-channel strategy and a focus on product excellence and audience insight

4. Music magazines -sits in a cross platform which 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. One of the reasons for Q’s success is the exclusive and outstanding production values which encompass exclusive, intimate live shows with major stars and the world famous annual Q Awards. Worlds largest UK music magazine. Delivers monthly doses of world class journalism and iconic photography. This magazine mainly features artists belonging to the classic rock genre. Kerrang!. This appeals more to the younger teenage readers who are more open to different genres of rock music – from EMO to Thrash etc. Each issue focus on the main events of the week guarenteeing their younger readers everything they need to get into and on top of this music genres new bands as well as old.

5. Time Inc  They were founded on November 28, 1922  Time Inc have over 90 brands, 50 global offices and many loyal consumers.  They are also sometimes known as IPC Media(international publishing corporation). They are a consumer magazine and digital publisher. They split up their magazine into five different category bands  Connects  Inspire  Ignite  TX  They own UNCUT and NME magazine.

6. Circulation  Time Inc. is one of the world's leading media companies reaching more than 130 million consumers each month across multiple platforms.  TIME INC: THE COMPANY  Time Inc. is the leader in the U.S. consumer magazine industry in print and digital audience as well as share of print advertising.  Time Inc. connects with 100 million consumers in print and 81 million online each month.  Time Inc. brands attract young and affluent consumers; 2 out of 3 have incomes over $100,000+ and more than half are 18-34  Time Inc. UK is Britain’s leading publisher of print and digital magazine content

7. Music magazines NME covers a variety of music, looking at major artists from all genres of music. NME delivers the definitive verdict on everything that matters in music. Sonic editions and uncut come together to curate a collection of high quality and iconic rock photography.

8. Future Publishing  The company was founded in Somerton Somerset in 1985 by Chris Anderson with the only magazine being Amstrad Action.  An innovation of these magazine was to include free software on the front covers. The first magazine to do so.  In March 2010, Future announced that it was exploring the possibility of reviving its GamesMaster brand on television. The video games show had run from 1992 until 1998; the spin-off magazine continues to be published.  Future Publishing suffered a fall in its US market through their general advertising market.  In January 2012 Future Publishing sold all of its music magazine brands including Guitar world and revolver to New Media Bay LLC.

9. Circulation  They have 53 title and 76 monthly and bimonthly magazines  Average monthly sales in the UK for the audited titles were 1,816,285 copies and in the US were 1,894,504.

10. Bauer Media  I have decided to chose Bauer Media to be the publisher of my music magazine. They do not currently have a country music magazine in circulation and I believe that my magazine would help to fill this gap as a niche market. Bauer Media has experience in selling three very successful music magazine brands, unlike Future Publishing and would help to boost the popularity of my magazine and of the country music genre.