Institutions (Research)

IPC media is one of the UKs leading consumer magazine and digital publishers with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year.
It was formed as International Publishing Company in 1963 from the rationalization of the holdings of three companies; George Newnes, Odhams Press and Fleetway Publications. In 1968 the company bought the Daily Mirror and became the IPC-Mirror Group. It was then purchased itself in 1970, by Reed International, who in 1974 separated the company into two groups, IPC, formed of the magazine publication holdings; and Mirror Group Newspapers, formed of the newspapers. The latter division was sold to Robert Maxwell in 1984. In 1987 all comics holdings were placed in a separate division, Fleetway Publications, which was again sold to Robert Maxwell. In the early 1990s IPC launched Loaded which launched a wave of 'lad mags'. In 1998 IPC Magazines, as the division was by then known, was subject to a management buyout, which was financed by Cinven, a venture capitalist group. The company was renamed IPC Media in 2000. Cinven then sold the group to Time Inc., the magazine publishing division of Tim Warner, in 2001. As of January 2009 Evelyn Webster is CEO, replacing Sylvia Auton who had run the company from 2001.
IPC Media groups titles under five magazine divisions: Connect (women's weeklies such as Now Magazine and Look), Inspire (leisure and specialist), Ignite! (men's lifestyle and entertainment), SouthBank (women's lifestyle and home interest) and TX (portfolio of television titles). In addition, there is Marketforce, the UK's leading magazine distribution business. Digitally they have WOTV and goodtoknow.

Bauer media is another institution involved in magazines.
Bauer Media’s portfolio of influential media brands includes many of the best known magazines in the UK, which deliver excellent content to our audiences whenever, however and wherever they want. This provides an excellent platform for any business to reach their target audience through an effective magazine advertising campaign.
Our women’s portfolio covers a broad range of interests from celebrity, fashion, lifestyle and health. heat, delivering ‘must have’ celebrity news and gossip; to real life news and celebrity stories with Closer. GRAZIA reveals life through the lens of fashion and brings unadulterated glamour and designer fashion to its readers. more! delivers fortnightly gloss to its readers. Top Santé is the market leading celebrity health and beauty title, and Yours, Bauer Media’s lifestyle brand for 50+ women delivers ‘the read of your life’ every fortnight. Bauer Media also publishes leading parenting titles, including Mother & Baby, and Pregnancy & birth.
Bauer Media produces market-leading men’s lifestyle magazines with a 33% share of the sector. Our men’s portfolio is the most efficient and effective way of talking to all types of men. FHM, the UK’s biggest men’s lifestyle media brand remains the standard bearer in print, on line and overseas. The portfolio also includes Zoo, the fun and sexy men’s weekly.
Bauer Media's magazines portfolio also has hugely successful specialist titles for people passionate about their sport, cars, motorcycling and hobbies. The 35-magazine portfolio includes Motorcycle News (MCN), Car, Digital Photo, Classic Cars, MATCH!, Angling Times, Golf World and Today's Golfer that talk directly to enthusiasts in their fields.
Bauer also has the market leading music and entertainment titles, Q, Mojo and KERRANG! Q harnesses the music and lifestyle audience, Mojo continues its crusade for timeless music and KERRANG! rocks its audience every week. Market-leading movie magazine Empire continues to excite with its record breaking covers.

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