I did a bit of basic research on the music magazine industry. I started by trying to find what the top music magazines in the UK are. To try to find what magazines are the most popular I looked for circulation numbers.
Below are some 2009 UK circulation numbers. Figures and information found at:
http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/Press-Office/News/ABC-Circulation-Figures-January-June-2009/
Empire: 194,016.
Predominantly a film magazine but has music in it, leads market as a top contender
Q: 100,172
UK's biggest selling music monthly
Mojo: 97,722
Uk's second highest selling music monthly
KERRANG!: 43,353
UK’s best-selling music weekly
I researched into the publishers of the magazines. Bauer was a name that appeared more than once. Here's the like to Bauer's website as well as some information from the 'about' page and 'home' page:
Bauer
Bauer Media is a division of the Bauer Media Group, Europe’s largest privately owned publishing Group. The Group is a worldwide media empire offering over 300 magazines in 15 countries, as well as online, TV and radio stations.
The Bauer Publishing Group was founded in Hamburg in 1875 by Johann Bauer. They have an annual turnover of 1.79 billion Euros.
All of the above listed top-selling magazines are published by Bauer. Bauer Media owns more than eighty influential media brands spanning a wide range of interests. The listed magazines are all listed under "Men's Entertainment". Gossip magazines like 'Heat' and 'Closer' are listed as "Womens Entertainment". Bauer Media reaches over nineteen million UK adults across multiple media channels.
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