NME (NEW MUSICAL

EXPRESS) By Holly Martin

• NME was created by Theodore Smythson and edited by Krissi Murison

• It is a music publication in the United Kingdom, where it is published weekly since March 1952.

• Target audience of 16-19 year olds• It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a

magazine format during the 1980s.• It was the first British paper to include a singles chart in a

November edition.• In the 1970s it became the best-selling British music newspaper.

What is NME?

Parent company

NME magazine’s parent company is IPC Media (Time Inc.). IPC Media owns more than 60 iconic media linked brands which are aimed at different audiences. This allows their company to broaden its audience with different magazines.Most of the brands they own are magazines which limits their range of products.IPC Media was first formed in 1963.