Media Institutions

IPC media was founded in 1968 and owned by 'Times Inc.' and has a head quarters in London.IPC stands for  'International Publishing Corporation'.

• IPC Media Music magazines are dedicated to music and music cultures featuring many different famous musicians, but also new musicians that specialize in certain types of music.
• IPC Media- one of the UK's leading consumer magazine and digital publishers, selling over 350 million copies per year.
• IPC company owns the music magazines NME and Guitar and Bass.
•  Five magazine divisions:

- Connect (Woman's weekly magazine)
- Inspire (leisure and specialist)
- Ignite! (men's lifestyle and entertainment)
-Southbank (woman's lifestyle and entertainment)
-TX (television titles)

Large Publishing Houses
Hearst Corporation is one of the nation’s largest diversified media and information companies. It has a majority of interests e.g. 'San Antonio Express-News', 'Good Housekeeping', 'Cosmopolitan' and 'ELLE'. They also own leading TV networks for example 'Lifetime','A&E' and 'HISTORY'.

As I am making a Pop magazine for teenagers I wanted to research where different young pop magazines are published, to see which is best suited.

• 'Top of the Pop's' magazine is published by Immediate Media Company and aired a TV show for the magazine but it was cancelled in 2006. They don't just publish music magazines they cooperate with BBC and sell there magazines such as BBC history and BBC wildlife. They publish preschool magazines, educational magazines and preteen magazines. It is a UK based Company and started in 2011.
• 'We love Pop' magazine is published by Egmont Company in which they publish magazines and books for babies to teens. They also publish 'Go girl' another teen pop magazine. I wouldn't choose this publishing company for my magazine as my magazine is for a slightly older audience.
• 'Billboard' magazine is owned by 'Prometheus Global Media' and is an American company. They sell entertainment blogs, TV shows and magazines. I wouldn't use this company as it is not UK based and publishes a big variety of media.