Publishers

The first music magazine producer is Bauer. Bauer Verlagsgruppe has been managed by four generations of the Bauer family. Bauer Publishing Group has grown into a worldwide publishing and media company. The Bauer Publishing Group comprises 300 magazines worldwide in 15 countries, incuding TV and radio stations. It started in the UK with the launch of 'Bella' magazine in 1987 and as H Bauer Publishing became Britain's 3rd largest publisher. It then further expanded in the UK with the purchase of 'Emap Consumer Media' and 'Emap Radio' in 2008 to become the UK's biggest publishing group.
They have produced magazines such as Q and Kerrang. If i went with this company, my magazine would be amoung well known music magazines. This would benefit me as it would able my magazines popularity to me incread as more people would buy it and I would reach a wider audience as this company can afford high costing advertisement for the magazine.

Because Bauer is such a big company with over 300 magazines up and running, they can also get this magazine to 15 different countries, therefore making the magazine more well known.

Another big music magazaine producer would be IPC Media. IPC Media produce the music magazine NME which is in the genre of high chart music or new successful artists. IPC Magazines Limited is the largest consumer magazine publisher in Europe. It has more than 50 magazines in circulation, with its market leaders in the notoriously competitive women's magazine category. Sales of IPC magazines comprised just over one-third of the £700 million the U.K. spent on consumer titles in 1991. However, IPC Media only produce a few music magazines which, you could say, makes them less experience then Bauer.