The magazine’s I have researched (NME & Q) are produced and distributed by:

NME – IPC media http://www.mediauk.com/owners/40/ipc-mediaIPC website : http://www.ipcmedia.com/Q – Bauer UK http://www.mediauk.com/owners/88/bauer-mediaBauer website : http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/

ICP media –They produce NME , the only specific music magazine that it published for rock/indie/alternative.

ICP NME Audience brief:

NME has become a truly unique multi-platform media proposition. Across the magazine, nme.com, NMETV, NME Radio and the brand's live events and awards, NME reaches over one million music fans every week. NME is the longest published and most respected music weekly in the world. Every week it gives its readers the most exciting, most authoritative coverage of the very best in contemporary music, including award winning features, the latest releases, live reviews, the definitive guide to the best new bands in its Radar section, as well as a regular look back through the magazine's incredible 58 year heritage.

http://www.ipcmedia.com/brands/nme/

Bauer Media:They produce and distribute Q music magazine , Its not the only music magazine that They publish , they also produce Kerrang and Mojo because the company is bigger.Kerrang is more for Metal/rock/hardcore fans , Mojo is for pop and generic music while Q is for a broad spectrum of music but mostly Indie/rock/alternative and past famous Artists.

Q Bauer audience brief:

Q's audience is composed of passionate, engaged and open minded music fans driven to continually discover new music - and to use this lust for discovery to influence their friends. The audience is split 75% male to 25% female and is affluent (with 68% ABC1).

http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/Brands/Q/