Institution and Distribution

Q magazine is owned by

Bauer Media: http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/

Also 'Mojo', 'Kerrang' and many other music magazines are owned by this same company. The company focuses on producing music magazines but do a lot of different ones so they are able to research the different types of music.

It is beneficial to own the rights to many magazines and a range of magazine styles, such as different music types and genres. Also magazines that aren't music related but perhaps sport or fashion related. These music companies will have experience in comparing and relating different music types to show contrast positively and promoting their magazines with correct and thorough information that certain target audiences may be interested in. This would make the magazines more popular and would ensure the audiences remain interested and impressed with the content of the magazines.