The Industry:The biggest publishers in the UK are; Bauer and IPC Media having 80 titles each, Dennis owning 50 titles, Natmags owning 20 titles and Conde Nast owning 9 titles. Bauer owns magazines of the likes of ‘Kerrang’, ‘Mojo’ and ‘Q’. IPC Media owns titles like ‘NME’ and ‘Uncut’. Dennis is more of a male themed magazine focusing more on lifestyle and not owning any music titles. Natmags on the other hand is more of a womanly themed magazine, focusing on gossip rather than music. Conde Nast have a more up upmarket magazine range but no music magazine titles. ‘Clash’ is an independent music magazine, controlled by their own independent media group. ‘The Wire’ are also an independently produced magazine, along with ‘Dazed and Confused’, ‘Songlines’ and ‘Froots’.
There are many music magazines available in the UK, even though some aren’t produced in the UK.
Alternative Press
Amazing Sounds
Babble and Beat
Billboard
Blender
Chart Attack
Glide
Innerviews
Mojo
Indie
Music Box
Music Magazine
The Music of the Balkans
New Musical Express (NME)
Paste Magazine
Q Magazine
Rock Rap Cnfidential
Rolling Stone
Soul Shine
Sounds and Colours
Spin
Uncut
The Wire
Word
GuitarTechniques
Rhythm

They all target different audiences, some try to please a range of different readers, by keeping their magazine quite open and unspecialised for example the ‘NME’, ‘Word’ and ‘Mojo’. More specialised magazines are ‘Guitar Techniques’ and ‘Rhythm’ where they focus highly on a certain type of instrument. Other specialised magazines focus on specific genres, for example ‘Alternative Press’ or ‘Indie’.