EMAP
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| EMAP plc
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| Type | Public limited company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1947 |
| Headquarters | London, UK
<tr><th style="text-align:right; padding-right:0.75em;">Key people</th><td>Adam Broadbent: Chairman |
EMAP plc (LSE: EMA) is a British media company, specialising in the production of magazines, and the organization of business events and conferences. It also owns several radio and television stations. "EMAP" is an abbreviation of East Midlands Allied Press. The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange. After a period as a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, it has been demoted to the FTSE 250 Index with effect from 16 September 2005.
The group is structurally divided into main branches: "EMAP Consumer Media", "EMAP Communications", "EMAP Radio" and "EMAP Advertising". On 20 June 2006 "EMAP France" was sold to italian press group Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A. for €545 million. On 29 September 2006, "EMAP France" became officialy "Mondadori France".
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[edit] EMAP Radio
EMAP operates seven DAB multiplexes and also three jointly owned multiplexes with UTV which EMAP owns 30%. In addition, EMAP Radio now owns 40 UK and Ireland local commercial radio stations. On 21 June 2005, EMAP acquired 21 radio stations from its purchase of Scottish Radio Holdings.
Twenty of its local comtempory music radio stations based across the north of the United Kingdom are marketed as the Big City Network whilst each of these has a sister station. In England, the stations play oldies jointly marketed as Magic Radio whilst in Scotland and Northern Ireland, they are marketed separately playing similar music to the Magic stations.
[edit] Scottish Radio Holdings
Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) was a Scottish media company which owned 22 radio stations, and around 30 local newspapers in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. It was acquired by rival media group EMAP on June 21, 2005.
SRH had its origins in the 1970s when Glasgow was awarded the third license for a commercial station in the UK. As a result, in 1974 Radio Clyde began broadcasting; unlike the two existing stations, both in London, it was an immediate success helped in part by strong financial backers that included Sean Connery and Jackie Stewart.
In 1991, when laws controlling the ownership of commercial stations were relaxed, the station merged with Radio Forth to form SRH and immediately floated on the London Stock Exchange.
In 1995 it acquired Morton Newspapers which owned around 20 newspapers in Northern Ireland, and since then has expanded operations by acquiring further publications in Scotland and the Republic of Ireland.
[edit] EMAP Magazines
EMAPs Consumer Media department controls over 150 magazines in the UK and France, including FHM, Q magazine, and Top Santé. Here are some popular magazines that are currently owned by EMAP:
- Arena
- Bliss
- Bike Magazine
- Empire
- FHM
- Grazia
- Heat
- Kerrang!
- MATCH!
- Max Power
- Parker's
- Q
- Zoo
- Motorcycle News (MCN)
- Practical Fishkeeping
- Practical Classics
- Trout and Salmon
- Practical Photography
- CAR magazine
EMAP ceased publishing many magazines in its history, in particular was a move away from the computing genre during the mid-90s. Here are magazines formerly published by EMAP:
- Computer and Video Games
- CU Amiga Magazine
- Internet Magazine
- Mean Machines
- Nintendo Official Magazine
- Sinclair User
- ST Review
- The One
- Smash Hits
