3. Bauer Media Group
Bauer Media Group is a media company
based mainly in Europe. The headquarters is
based in Hamburg, Germany. This manages a
portfolio with more than 400 digital
products, over 600 magazines and 50 radio
and TV stations all over the world. This can
also include marketing services, print shops
and postal distribution. In 17 countries, this
publishing house has got about 11,000
people working for them.
This family business has been managed by five
generations of the Bauer family. Initially, this
company started off as a printing house in
Germany. Bauer Media Group came into the UK
and launched a new magazine called Bella
magazine in 1987. they became the third largest
publisher under the name of H Bauer Publishing.
Expanding into the UK, Bauer purchased EMAP
Consumer Media and EMAP Radio in 2008.
5. Bauer Media Group
The Bauer Media Group acquired a collection of media brands.
This includes radio stations like KISS FM UK and Magic. In 2013, Bauer Media Group
acquired Absolute Radio Group from Times of India.
When acquiring the radio stations, Bauer Media Group acquired music publication, such
as Q. This was originally called ‘Cue’. However, they changed it so that people wouldn't
confuse the magazine as a snooker magazine. This music brand had expanded into Q
Radio and Q TV, being a form of musical entertainment which focused more on the
indie, rock and alternative types of music. Also, Kerrang!, which specialises in rock
music. Like Q magazine, Kerrang! was originally a magazine, which expanded into a
Kerrang! Radio and Kerrang! TV.
6. Time Inc.
Time Inc. is a publishing company based in
New York, America. It is known to publish over
90 magazines including LIFE, Fortune 500, and
many more. The founders of Time Inc., quit
their original jobs to pursue a career in making
a news magazine in 1992. The first issue of
Time, which was released in 1923, sold for
$86,000 and their target was $100,000. This
had became a news magazine that would come
out on a weekly basis in the United States.
Henry Luce became a business manager and
Briton Hadden took the role of being editor-in-
chief. They alternated year-to-year the titles of
president and secretary-treasurer.
Unfortunately, Hadden past away in 1929 so
Luce assumed Hadden’s position.
8. Time Inc.
After Hadden died, Luce launches a business
called Fortune in 1930. Luce decided to expand
on the business by launching a magazine known
as Sports Illustrated. He also produced The
March Of Time radio and newsreel series.
Recommendations from Time Inc. based on how
it delivered magazines, led to the introduction
of ZIP codes by the United States Post Office in
1963.
In 2008, Time Inc. launched Maghound, which is
an internet-based magazine membership
service that shows about 300 magazine titles
from both Time Inc. brands and external
publishing companies.
In 2010, Time Inc. acquired StyleFeeder, a
personal shopping engine.
9. Emap
Emap is a British media company,
which specialises in the
production of business-to-
business magazines, and the
organisation of conferences and
business events. Emap is an
acronym, standing for East
Midland Allied Press, and was
founded in Peterborough in 1947.
Emap expanded from being a
business-to-business magazine
production company to a radio
station.
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11. Emap
Emap was founded in 1947. their main
headquarters is based in London, United
Kingdom. In 2006, their revenue was £1.154
billion GBP.
Richard Winfrey purchased the Spalding
Guardian in 1887 and later purchased the Lynn
News and the Peterborough Advertiser. He also
started the North Cambs Echo.
As well as magazine publishing, Emap has a
radio station, which owns 40 UK and Ireland
local commercial radio stations. Following
Emap’s purchase of Trans World
Communications, it continued to buy radio
stations. This including 21 stations from Scottish
Radio Holdings on 21 June 2005.
