Instituations

· The Bauer Media Group 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 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, EMAP.
· Worldwide circulation of Bauer Media Group's magazine titles amount to 38 million magazines a week
· The Bauer Media Group produces such famous magazines in britain such as Kerrang, Q and Mojo.
· Bauer Media Group has a 50% stake in the British television company Box Television, the other half owned by Channel 4. Box Television acts as the content subsidiary that produces several popular music television channels, which include:
Q TV
4Music
Kiss TV
Kerrang! TV
The Box
Magic TV
Smash Hits TV