Immediate Media Company Limited (styled in all uppercase its logo) is a British multinational publishing house that produces a wide range of magazine titles, including Radio Times, BBC Top Gear, Good Food and many others.
In H1 2018, the company's titles reported a combined ABC circulation of 1.59 million, including 1.1M active subscribers.
[3] Immediate Media originated from the combined assets of several formerly independent publishing houses, including BBC Magazines, Magicalia, Future plc, Hitched and Jewellery Maker.
In late 2011 the BBC's magazine-publishing business was sold to Exponent Private Equity, following clearance by the Office of Fair Trading.
Exponent had previously acquired Magicalia Limited, a digital publisher and platform provider based in London.
In November 2015 Immediate Media acquired its first television property, Jewellery Maker, a TV and online commerce platform, from the Genuine Gemstone Company, adding to its Crafts and Arts portfolio.
[13] Immediate Media says that it has the largest market share in the UK children's magazines sector, with a total ABC-audited circulation of 780,194.