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What music magazines are available in the UK?
Publisher: Bauer Media
Bauer Media is a European based media company, it manages over 600 magazines and portfolios based in Germany The Bauer Media Group has a workforce of approximately 11,000 employees in 17 countries. Bauer Media UK is Europe's largest privately-owned media group in 2008. It was foundered in Hamberg, Germany in 1875. it operates in 19 different countries such as UK, Germany,Australia, Poland, New Zealand and the USA.
In the UK, they reach over 25 million consumers and are todays Britain's biggest magazine publisher.Kerrang
Is a UK based music magazine devoted to Rock, it was fist published in 1981 and in the early 2000's it became the best selling British music magazine. The editor of the magazine is James McMahon, and the founder was Alan Lewis. There is a new magazine out weekly and was initially devoted to the new wave of British heavy metal and the rise of hard rock fans.

Q
Popular music magazine published monthly, and based in the UK. Q magazine was founded in 1986. Q magazine was first published be the EMAP media group, setting itself apart from the other music press with mostly production.  Mark Ellen and David Hepworth who were the founders of Q magazine were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CD'S. 


Mojo
Mojo is a popular music magazine published by EMAP, and since January 2008 by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom. Mojo was first published on 15 October 1993. The editor for Mojo is Phil Alexander and new issues are produced every month. Following the success of Q magazine, the publishers EMAP were looking for a title that would provide for  the interest in classic rock music, keeping up with the classic rock aesthetic.



Publisher: Development Hell
Development Hell is London based magazine publisher, with a net worth of under £1 million
Mixmag
Mixmag is a British electronic dance and clubbing magazine, published in London, England. Launched in 1982, the magazine covers dance events, and reviews music and club nights

Publisher: Team Rock
Classic Rock Classic Rock is a British magazine dedicated to rock music, published by TeamRock, who are also responsible for its "sister" publications Metal Hammer and Prog magazine, firmly focusing on key bands from the 1960s through early 1990s.

Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer is a monthly heavy metal music magazine published in the United Kingdom by TeamRock, and in several other countries by different publishers. Metal Hammer articles feature both mainstream bands and more unusual acts from the whole spectrum of heavy metal music.

Prog
Prog magazine is a British magazine that is dedicated to rock music.

Publisher: Time Inc.
Time Inc. Is a New-York based publishing company who publish over 100 magazine brands. They were foundered in 1922.
NME
NME is New Musical Express which is a British music magazine published since 1949. It is largely associated with rock, alternative and indie music. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, in the edition of 14 November 1952. In the 1970s it became the best-selling British music newspaper.

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The Fly

The Fly was a free monthly music magazine in the UK owned by MAMA & Company. The first issue of this was published in 1999 and was discontinued in 2014.Tye magazine started as a listings leaflet in Camden and for the Barfly music venue on Chalk Farm Road. In 1999 it became national.  The magazine has a reviewing section featuring the new releases and live concert reviews. The remainder of the magazine was initially for articles and interviews with artists that were generally promoting tours. The Fly also featured new bands alongside more established acts in the pages of the new bands section. The Fly was distributed around record shops, bars and venues in the UK. The editor for The Fly was JJ Dunning and was issues every month. However the magazine produced its last issue in 2014.