IPC Media (formerly International Publishing Company ltd) is one of the United Kingdom's 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 rationalisation 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.
Future plc is an international special interest media company. Future Publishing is its UK business, jointly based in Bath and London. The brand produces magazines, websites and events in a range of specialist sectors including games, technology, automotive, cycling, films and photography. It publishes over than 80 magazines and attracts over 25 million unique users to its websites. Quay House sees most of the editors and their works. Future Publishing was created in 1985 by an unemployed computer journalist, Chris Anderson, working with two colleagues from his house in Somerton, Somerset, England. It began with the publication of Amstrad Action magazine, followed by further titles, including 8000 Plus (for the Amstrad PCW) and PC Plus (for PCs). The first couple of issues bombed, but due to the delay in processing magazine returns, Chris Anderson was unaware of this. However the company was saved from bankruptcy when Chris decided to covermount a cassette on the front cover giving away software. In the days before the web and digital distribution this was a genuine innovation and the third issue sold out. The company expanded, moving to Bath in the summer of 1987
The Bauer Media Group (Bauer Verlagsgruppe) is a large German publishing company based in Hamburg, which operates in 15 countries worldwide. Since the company was founded in 1875, it has been privately-owned and under management by the Bauer family. It was formerly called Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG, abbreviated to HBV and usually shortened to H. Bauer.
It produces and distributes many popular magazines and has stakes in television and radio, recently completing the purchase of a consumer magazine division and radio station division of the British company, worldwide circulation of Bauer Media Group's magazine titles amount to 38 million magazines a week.
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