parent company time inc. founded 1968 ; 48 years ago 1968 country of origin united kingdom headquarters location london key people marcus rich ceo publication types magazines owner s time warner 1990 2014 time inc. 2014 present official website www.timeincuk.com this article is about the british subsidiary . for the american publisher see time inc. time inc. uk formerly international publishing corporation and ipc media 1 a wholly owned subsidiary of time inc. is a consumer magazine and digital publisher in the united kingdom with a large portfolio selling over 350 million copies each year . contents 1 history 1.1 origins 1.2 fleetway 1.3 international publishing corporation 1.3.1 reorganization 1.4 reed international takeover 1.4.1 sale of fleetway 1.5 time inc. takeover 1.6 professional publishers association award 2 current publishing divisions 2.1 lifestyle 2.2 luxury 2.3 specialist 3 see also 4 references 5 further reading 6 external links history edit origins edit the british magazine publishing industry in the mid 1950s was dominated by a handful of companies principally the associated newspapers founded by lord harmsworth in 1890 odhams press ltd george newnes publishers c. arthur pearson and the hulton press which fought each other for market share in a highly competitive marketplace . please include associated iliffe press formerly iliffe and sons dorset house stamford street london opposite the home of ipc magazines in the kings reach tower stamford street 1970 2007 . fleetway edit in 1958 cecil harmsworth king chairman of a newspaper group which included the daily mirror and the sunday pictorial now the sunday mirror together with provincial chain west of england newspapers made an offer for amalgamated press . the offer was accepted and in january 1959 he was appointed its chairman . within a few months he changed its name to fleetway publications ltd. after the name of its headquarters fleetway house in london s farringdon street . 2 shortly thereafter odhams press absorbed both george newnes and the hulton press . king saw an opportunity in this to rationalise the overcrowded women s magazine market in which fleetway and newnes were the major competitors and made a bid for odhams on behalf of fleetway that was too attractive to ignore . fleetway took over odhams in march 1961 . 3 international publishing corporation edit in consequence king controlled publishing interests which included two national daily and two national sunday newspapers the newspaper interests being informally tagged the mirror group along with almost one hundred consumer magazines more than two hundred trade and technical periodicals and various book publishing interests . this included the combined business interests of fleetway odhams and newnes . all of the companies involved had been acquired without any significant change in management save for the appointment of mirror group directors as chairmen . in 1963 all the companies were combined by the creation of a parent or holding company called the international publishing corporation known informally as ipc . all of the existing companies would continue to exist but as ipc subsidiaries . 1 4 reorganization edit ipc then set up a management development department in 1965 to rationalise its holdings so that its various subsidiaries would no longer be in competition with each other for the same markets . this led to a reorganisation of the group in 1968 into six divisions ipc newspapers including the people and the sun soon sold as well as the daily mirror and sunday pictorial ipc magazines consumer magazines and comics ipc trade and technical specialist magazines later known as ipc business press ltd. ipc books all book publishing headed by paul hamlyn whose own company had been acquired by ipc . ipc printing all non newspaper printing operations headed by arnold quick whose own company had also been acquired by ipc . ipc new products launching pad for products which used new technology headed by alistair mcintosh . all the divisions were headed by chairmen who originated in mirror group except for hamlyn quick and mcintosh . also in 1968 a boardroom coup replaced cecil king with his deputy chairman hugh cudlipp a former newspaper editor . reed international takeover edit cudlipp had no interest in management and was uneasy both with his new role and with ipc s diversification into computerised publication and other new technology . in 1969 he therefore proposed to former mirror group director don ryder who was then chairman of the reed group in which ipc had a 30 % shareholding to mount a reverse take over of ipc by reed . ipc mirror group was thus itself taken over in 1970 by the paper making company albert e reed which then renamed itself reed international . 5 in 1974 part of the publishing interests of reed international were separated into ipc magazines ltd comprising the magazine and comics holdings and mirror group newspapers comprising the newspaper holdings . the latter was sold to pergamon holdings ltd a private company owned by robert maxwell in 1984 . 6 in 1989 ipc acquired tvtimes . 7 in the early 1990s ipc launched loaded which began a wave of lad s mags . in 1992 following a merger with dutch science publisher elsevier nv reed international underwent a further name change becoming reed elsevier . sale of fleetway edit main article fleetway in 1987 part of the comics holdings of ipc magazines ltd comprising those comics and characters created after 1 january 1970 plus 26 specified characters from buster which was then still being published were placed in a separate company fleetway publications which was sold to pergamon holdings . 4 8 in 1991 egmont uk purchased fleetway from pergamon merging it with their own comics publishing operation london editions to form fleetway editions . the latter was absorbed into the main egmont brand by 2000 having sold off the continuing titles such as 2000 ad and continued with only reprint and licensed titles e.g. sonic the comic . ipc had retained the other comics characters and titles i.e. those created before 1970 except the 26 characters from buster including sexton blake the steel claw and battler britton 4 one character dan dare was sold separately and is currently owned by the dan dare corporation . time inc. takeover edit in 1998 ipc magazines ltd was subject to a management buyout financed by cinven a venture capital group and the company was renamed ipc media . cinven then sold the company to time inc. then the magazine publishing subsidiary of time warner in 2001 . 9 in january 2009 the company s chief executive became evelyn webster replacing sylvia auton who had run it since 2001 . ipc media formally became time inc. uk in september 2014 creating a single time inc. brand in both the us and uk . 10 professional publishers association award edit in april 2012 ipc media won an award for best production team of the year at the professional publishers association production and environment awards 2012 . 11 current publishing divisions edit time inc. uk groups its current titles under three magazine divisions each focusing on a core audience . 12 lifestyle edit targeting the mass market for women . 13 teen now woman woman s own goodtoknow recipes woman s weekly pick me up chat chat it s fate chat passion now what s on tv soaplife tv & satellite week tv easy tvtimes uncut nme luxury edit targeting upmarket women . 14 marie claire instyle uk edition look woman & home feel good food feel good you essentials ideal home homes & gardens livingetc country homes & interiors 25 beautiful homes beautiful kitchens style at home wallpaper specialist edit targeting the market for men . 15 country life the field shooting times shooting gazette sporting gun horse & hound horse eventing international boat industry ibi practical boat owner yachting monthly yachting world superyacht business motor boat & yachting motor boats monthly rugby world world soccer golf monthly new musical express nme uncut cycling weekly cycling active cycling sport mountain bike rider volksworld decanter amateur photographer what digital camera amateur gardening angler s mail trustedreviews see also edit list of fleetway and ipc comics publications references edit a b history of ipc on the ipc media website fleetway a history history of look and learn a b c birch paul . speaking frankly birmingham mail 14 december 2008 . reed elsevier profile on ketupa.net trinity mirror group history on the trinity mirror group website devitt maureen . scottish television profit 21 % brighter . herald scotland . retrieved 23 august 2014 . history of ipc media on the ipc media website time inc to acquire ipc from cinven from time warner website time inc. rebrands ipc media time inc. uk emagine from rhapsody helps ipc inspire secure ppa award ipc media . about us . ipc media . retrieved 21 august 2013 . ipc brands . ipc advertising brands connect . ipc media . retrieved 21 august 2013 . ipc brands . ipc advertising brands southbank . ipc media . retrieved 21 august 2013 . ipc brands . ipc advertising brands inspire . ipc media . retrieved 21 august 2013 . further reading edit howard cox and simon mowatt monopoly power and politics in fleet street the controversial birth of ipc magazines 1958 63 business and economic history online 2014 12 external links edit official website time inc. website v t e time inc. us all you coastal living cooking light departures entertainment weekly essence executive travel food & wine fortune golf health hellogiggles instyle life.com money people people en espa ol real simple southern living sports illustrated sports illustrated kids sunset time time for kids travel leisure xojane time inc. uk amateur gardening amateur photographer angler s mail chat country homes & interiors country life cycling weekly decanter horse & hound ideal home instyle livingetc look marie claire uk mousebreaker nme now pick me up 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