Immediate Media Company
| Industry | Publishing house |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Magicalia, BBC Magazines, Origin Publishing |
| Founded | London and Bristol, England (1 November 2011) |
| Headquarters | London, W6 United Kingdom |
Key people | CEO Tom Bureau |
Number of employees | 1,300 |
| Parent | Hubert Burda Media |
| Website | www |
Immediate Media Company Limited (with IMMEDIATE styled in all uppercase as 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. In 2018 it reported selling 70+ million magazines.
The publishing house is owned by Hubert Burda Media, and is an agglomeration of Magicalia, Origin Publishing and BBC Magazines, publishing both media content and software platforms. Approximately 85% of its revenue is from content services, with the remainder from advertising.
Immediate Media also owns Immediate Live, a business that launches nation-wide live events, including Good Food Shows, Knitting & Stitching Shows, Gardeners' World Live and others.