Magazine institution research

IPC
IPC Media is a leading UK consumer magazine publisher. Almost two in every three UK women and over 44% of UK men read an IPC magazine. That's over 26 million UK adults. IPC's diverse print and digital portfolio offers something for everyone. Our 80 magazines include What's on TV, Pick Me Up, Woman, Now, Marie Claire, In Style, Woman & Home, Ideal Home, Nuts, Wallpaper*, Country Life, The Field, Rugby World, Practical Boat Owner and Look, our latest high street fashion and celebrity weekly. Our digital properties include NME.com, the third largest commercial music website in the UK and housetohome.co.uk, the UK's first homes portal. IPC's brands are very simply at the heart of the UK's cultural life IPC is owned by Time Inc., the publishing division of Time Warner Inc. Our business is split into five distinct publishing divisions: IPC Connect, IPC Inspire, IPC Ignite, IPC Southbank and IPC TX. Alongside these is Marketforce, the UK's leading magazine distribution business. IPC employs over 2,200 people, and it's their creativity, innovation, talent and commitment that drives our market-leading position in UK consumer publishing.

LINK http://www.ipcmedia.com/about/

IPC is one of the media institutions of magazines, they are the leading UK media publishers.

Bauer
Bauer Media is a division of the Bauer Publishing Group, Europe’s largest privately owned publishing Group. The Bauer Publishing Group is a worldwide media empire offering over 230 magazines in 15 countries, as well as online, TV and radio stations.
Bauer Media joined the Bauer Publishing Group in January 2008 following acquisition of Emap plc’s consumer and specialist magazines, radio, TV, online and digital businesses. Collectively, the Bauer Publishing Group employs some 6,400 people and has a 2007 turnover of 1.79 billion Euros.
Bauer Media is a multi-platform UK-based media Group consisting of many companies collected around two main divisions – Magazines and Radio - widely recognised and rewarded as being industry innovators

LINK http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/about

Bauer is another UK company linked to media publishing as well as broacasting radio, TV, and online broadcasting.

Time warner
Time Warner Inc., a global leader in media and entertainment with businesses in television networks, filmed entertainment and publishing, uses its industry-leading operating scale and brands to create, package and deliver high-quality content worldwide through multiple distribution outlets.

We are innovators in technology, products and services. Our digital products and services reinforce the company’s industry-leading brands on all platforms with a focus on growth, engagement and monetization. Among Time Warner's digital initiatives are: Warner Bros.' Studio 2.0, Interactive Entertainment properties as well as best selling videogames which include LEGO Batman, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and Batman Arkham Asylum, DCComics.com, Digital Cinema, TMZ.com, Total Hi-Def disc as well as multiple digital downloading and VOD distribution agreements; HBO on Demand, HBO on Broadband and HBO on iTunes; Time Inc.'s People.com, SI.com and Time.com; Turner Broadcasting's CNN.com, CNN Mobile App on iTunes, TCM.com, CartoonNetwork.com, TheSmokingGun.com, AdultSwim.com, Veryfunnyads.com, NASCAR.com, PGA.com, PGATour.com and PGA Tour App; and joint initiatives like CNNMoney.com, FanNation.com from Time Inc. and Turner.

LINK http://www.timewarner.com/corp/aboutus/our_company.html

Time warner is a media company which too broadcasts and publishes, unlike other institution so far research these are worldwide also they have produced products for well known companies.

Sony
Sony Corporation (commonly referred to as Sony) (Japanese: ソニー株式会社, Sonī Kabushiki-gaisha?) (TYO: 6758) is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue exceeding ¥ 7.730.0 trillion, or $78.88 billion U.S. (FY2008).[2] Sony is one of the leading manufacturers of electronics, video, communications, video game consoles, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Its name is derived from sonus, the Latin word for sound.[3]
Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony Group, which is engaged in business through its five operating segments—electronics, games, entertainment (motion pictures and music), financial services and other. These make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world. Sony's principal business operations include Sony Corporation (Sony Electronics in the U.S.), Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Ericsson, and Sony Financial. As a semiconductor maker, Sony is among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders. The company's current slogan is make.believe.[4]

LINK http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony#History

Sony is based in Japan however it is a worldwide and is the worlds largest company that owns companies that work in publishing, radio broadcasting and electricals, time warner is ranked second for the largest media conglomerates.