Magazine Publishers

Bauer Media publish many successful magazines such as Zoo, Q, Match, Heat and Closer. Bauer Media is a multi-platform UK-based media Group consisting of many companies collected around two main divisions  Magazines and Radio - widely recognised and rewarded as being industry innovators. The Bauer Media Group is one of the most successful and innovative media companies in the world. With approximately 400 magazines, more than 100 websites and around 50 radio and TV programmes. On three continents they employ more than 8,700 members of staff.
National Magazine Company publish big magazines such as Cosmopolitan, InsideSoap and Mens Health. 

Hearst Magazines UK is the trading name of National Magazine Company Ltd, established in 1910 by William Randolph Hearst and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hearst Corporation, one of the largest diversified media companies. Its major interests include magazine, newspaper and business publishing, cable networks, television and radio broadcasting, internet businesses, TV production and distribution, newspaper features distribution and real estate.


IPC Media – With more than 60 iconic media brands, IPC creates content for multiple platforms, across print, online, mobile, tablets and events.  As the UK's leading consumer magazine publisher we engage with 26m UK adults - almost two thirds of UK women and 42% of UK men. Our award winning portfolio of websites reaches over 25 million users globally every month. They have three publishing divisions; IPC Connect, IPC Inspire and IPC Southbank. IPC Connect, our mass market women's division comprises famous women's weeklies including Now, Chat and Woman; TV entertainment brands including What's on TV, TVTimes and TV & Satellite Week and the goodtoknow network. Our men's portfolio, IPC Inspire, has a wealth of leisure brands including Country Life, Horse & Hound, Rugby World and Decanter, as well as lifestyle brands including Nuts, Mousebreaker and NME. IPC Southbank is our upmarket women's division and comprises luxury fashion brands including Marie Claire and InStyle, lifestyle brands including woman&home and Essentials and home interest brands including Ideal Home, Livingetc and housetohome.
  BBC Worldwide is the commercial arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). We exist to maximise the value of the BBC's assets for the benefit of the licence fee payer by creating, acquiring, developing and exploiting media content and brands around the world. We also focus on creating value from BBC content and showcasing British talent both in the UK and international markets.In the past five years the company has invested over £1bn in the UK's creative sector making it a major supporter for this increasingly important part of the 'UK plc'. We also sell programmes and formats produced by more than 200 different UK independent producers.In 2011/12 the company saw sales rise by 5.4% to £1085m - exceeding the £1bn mark for a fourth year.BBC Worldwide's total returns to the BBC rose by 19% to a record £216m in 2011/12, taking the returns to over £1.3bn since 2004.In April 2009, the company was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise recognising the company's substantial growth in earnings over the past three years.BBC Worldwide operates under the BBC Charter and Agreement, which sets out the following four commercial criteria with which our activities must comply. BBC Worldwide must:•   Fit with the BBC's Public Purposes as set out in the Charter;
•   Be commercially efficient;
•   Not jeopardise the good reputation of the BBC or the value of the BBC brand;
Comply with the BBC's Fair Trading Guidelines and avoid distorting the market