Bauer Media

• Bauer Media is Europe's largest privately owned publishing house.



• The Group is a worldwide media empire offering over 300 magazines in 15 countries, as well as online, TV and radio.



• Bauer Media joined Bauer Media Group in January 2008 following the acquisition of Emap's consumer and specialist magazines, radio, TV, online and digital businesses.



• The Group employs 6,400 people and in 2008 had a turnover of 2.08 billion euros.



• It is a UK based company with the two main divisions being magazines and radio.



• Bauer Media is a sister company of H Bauer Publishing, which is a publisher of some of the biggest TV shows, Take a Break and Bella.



• Bauer Media was founded in 1875.



• The worldwide circulation of Bauer Media's magazine titles is 38 million magazines per week.



• Some of the most well known music magazines that it publishes are Q and Kerrang.