1. Research into music magazines.
Magazine comparison.
The genre of this magazine is a rock, indie,
alternative music type of genre, you can tell this
by the artists it features on the front cover. Also by
the font styles as it’s quite a bold manly sans serif
type of font for the title. I t is also clearly displayed
by the content it has on the front page, for
example ‘ Jamie T sparks a riot’ w ho appears to be
more of an indie type artist. Another way you can
tell that this NME magazine is a rock indie type
genre is because of the images on the front cover,
for example the main image is of a musician with a guitar which is associated with
the indie rock genre.
This magazines content include interviews and backstage access to the bands and
singers shows. This can easily be shown by the text on the front cover, which
attracts people’s attention. There is also READING AND LEEDS review as this says
it on the front cover, this also makes the magazine popular as the Reading And
Leeds festival is a big popular thing in the UK, which features a selection of rock,
indie and alternative musicians. The magazine also contains information about new
upcoming events and new releases.
The target audience for NME is 17-30 C2DE which is typical working class, this is
mainly aimed at men as it is men who are more into the rock genre. NME also
appeals to a wide variety of different countries as many different artists from different
countries appear on the front cover. NME appeals to this audience by using well
known popular artists and stories that people want to hear about. This magazine is
aimed at a niche audience as it is a popular magazine for a certain age group. As
the target audience are most likely interested in festivals and gigs, NME provides
lots of line ups to upcoming gigs.
2. NME’s publishers are Time I nc. UK.
The genre from VIBE magazine is RnB and hip
hop. I t is displayed by the artists on the main
image on the cover including
Ed Sheeran, Mack Wilds and August Alsina. You
can also tell this because of the text on the front
cover as they feature many RnB and hip hope
artists.
This magazines content includes articles such as
‘Michael Jackson’s Sneaker
Obsession’.
There is also a wide variety of artists that appear in this magazine such as Nick
Young, T Pain, Ed Sheeran and Jhene Aiko. This is shown by the text on the front
cover which can interest and attract people who are fans of that artist.
The target audience for this magazine is people aged 18-24 as it will contain popular
new and young RnB and hip hop artists. Also it will be targeted at lovers of RnB and
hip hop type of music. Vibe appeals to the target audience as it contains well known
popular artists that younger people (18-24) want to read about. Vibe mostly aims its
audience at men as that is the gender mostly on the front cover. This audience for
Vibe is a niche audience a sit only appeals to a specific type and a specific age of
people.
Vibes publishers are Spin Media.
3. The genre of top of the pops magazine
is a pop type of music. You can tell this
by the artists it features on the front
cover such as 5 Seconds Of Summer,
Selena Gomez and The Vamps.
Another way you can tell that this is a
pop genre is by the title ‘Top Of The
Pops’. Also you can tell it is a pop
genre by the girly poppy serif fonts,
that are in a wide variety of colours.
The content of this magazine includes
lots of articles, for example the cover
story tells you that there is an article
about the popular pop band 5 Seconds
Of Summer. In this magazine also includes a poster set of One Direction as it shows
you in the bottom right corner, with pics of the members of the popular band. There
is also an interview with the popular new singer Ariana Grande as it says this in the
left third.
The target audience for this magazine is 11-15 years of age. This is mostly aimed at
girls as it has mostly girly fun colours on and in the magazine and also have popular
good looking boy bands that girls around that age would be into. This is also
targeted at people that like new pop music and artists as it will include them and it
will be aimed at people that will want to read about them. The audience for TOTP is
a niche audience as it is only aimed at a specific audience.
Top Of The Pops publisher is immediate media company.
