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Bauer Media is a company that owns the film magazine Empire. It's the largest privately owned publishing group in Europe, posting in Germany, Spain, France, Portugal and the United Kingdom. They also publish in the US and Mexico. Was found in 1875 in Hamburg by Johann Bauer. It owns 282 magazines in 15 countries with 6,600 employees and an annual turnover of 1.79 billion euros. Their magazines are under different brands such as "Womens" or "Men's lifestyle". Under these brands are a variety of different magazines such as Heat or Q or FHM. The audience is ABC1 76% male for Empire magazine. ABC1 means Upper middle, middle and lower middle class (white collar).

On the Bauer Media website Empire magazine is described as
"the premier movie destination, providing indispensable insight into cinema, both blockbusting and classic. Online, in-print and via app EMPIRE’s unparalleled access has led to world-beating exclusives such as the first look at Heath Ledger’s Joker, to extraordinary access to Steven Spielberg who guest edited our 21st birthday issue, to George Lucas’s backyard in the run up to Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."