Two major music magazine publishers are Bauer Media and Future PLC. An example of an independent magazine publisher is The Wire.
Bauer media group: It's first issue was published in October 1986.Bauer Media is Europe’s largest privately owned publishing Group. The Group is a worldwide media empire with over 300 magazines in 15 different countries, as well as online, TV and radio stations.Bauer Media is a sister company of H Bauer Publishing, the publisher of the UK's biggest TV listings, Take a Break and Bella. For example a magazine Bauer media produces called Q, has circulation figures of 52,781 (ABC July-December 2013. Bauer media publishes many magazines such as closer, heat magazine and smash hits also.
Future PLC :The company was founded as Future Publishing in Somerton, Somerset in 1985 by Chris Anderson with the sole magazine Amstrad Action. An early innovation was the inclusion of free software on magazine covers, the first company to do so.Anderson sold Future to Pearson PLC for £52.7 million pounds in 1994, but bought it back in 1998. It publishes more than 30 magazines. Total circulation figures for a magazine called 'Guitarist' are 25,047 ABC between January-December 2013. Magazines published by future PLC are Rhythm, edge, computer music, guitarist and many more.
The Wire: It was founded in 1982. The magazine is run by a small, dedicated team of full-time staff, plus a large international group of over 60 freelance writers, based in different places around the world. A digital version of the magazine is available on iPad, iPhone, Kindle Fire, Android and via your web browser.In December 2000 it was purchased in a management buy-out organised by the magazine's staff and has been run independently ever since. The wire has a monthly circulation of 20,000 people and a subscriber database of 9,000 people.
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