1. L.O: To investigate audience,
institution and magazine readership.

2. My Opinion:
We love Pop This magazine helps me decide
what music magazine genre I
want to do, because of how fun and
bright the magazine always looks. I
like the way the front is packed
with things to catch the
About Us page: consumers eyes. Another reason
We Love Pop is a monthly why I want to do my magazine on pop
mag for pop loving music is because it is also a type
teenagers, or anyone with of music that I listen to also, so
very good tastes in wouldn't be to much of a
magazines. struggle to relate to the genre.
We have the best free gifts, the
funniest interviews, the coolest
I think that I could succeed with
fashion, ten gorgeous making a new pop music
posters each time, a different magazine, that is different by
celebrity agony aunt every issue
having more for the readers
and loads more general pop
amusingness' that you won’t find to do. In a lot of these
anywhere else. magazines they just have
You won't want to miss it. So competitions etc to get there
don't? readers involved. But I think they
should allow there readers to
Available in all good
have a column where they
newsagents, talk about what they like and
supermarkets, WH Only thing that would put me new music. Making the
Smiths, Boots, Superdrug off this genre of music for my This magazine is quite magazine more for them.
and Eason's in Ireland. magazine is that there are quite a new so there isn't a
lot of young magazines that cater to figure of teens who
this genre also, so its a very read and buy this
competitive field. weekly.

3. We love Pop
Egmont UK Ltd, is the UK’s
leading children's
publisher, for babies through to
teens.
We love pop is the only teen
magazine that Egmont
publish , and was created after
the collapse of ‘Smash Hits’
magazine.
From the Key facts in have found
out that the magazine is sold
monthly, this leaves a gap in the
market for my magazine as I
could produce more edition
and have them out weekly
instead.

4. Billboard
Billboard magazine carters to more
From Billboard’s About Us Page: than one music genre. They look at
Billboard is the world's most R’n’b, rap and rock music plus many
influential music media brand more I'm sure of.
reaching key executives and
tastemakers in and around the music
business through Billboard Magazine.
The Billboard brand is built on its Billboard magazine is produced in the
exclusive charts and unrivaled United states by an institution
reporting on the latest news, named Prometheus Global
issues and trends across all Media. The magazine is sold in
genres of music. Billboard receives over a 100 countries and
hundreds of millions of brand
impressions daily through many
includes around 200 hundred
strategic relationships with major countries charts and new music.
companies across various The first edition of Billboard was sold
industries. These relationships September 1894 and shows how
leverage Billboard's brand successful the magazine has been.
recognition, proprietary chart data The magazine is sold weekly.
and information resources to develop
products, live events and print,
television, radio, digital and mobile
platforms

5. Billboard

6. The publication was initially
monthly but switched to
Smash Hits was a pop music
Smash Hits fortnightly after only four
issues, which it remained until its
demise. The backbone of the
magazine, aimed at magazine in its early years, and
teenagers and young one of its major early selling
adults and originally points, was the publication
published in the United of Top 20 song lyrics.
Kingdom by EMAP.
In February 2006, it was
It ran from 1978 to 2006 announced that the magazine
and was issued fortnightly would cease publication after
for most of that time. The the 13 February edition due to
name survives as a brand for a
declining sales. The digital
related spin-off digital television
television, digital radio, and website
channel, digital radio station,
services will continue.
and website which have
survived the demise of the
printed magazine.
In July 2009 a one-off
commemorative issue of the
Smash hits have left a gap in magazine was published as a tribute
the market for another to singer Michael Jackson. Further
pop magazine that my one-off specials were released in
November 2009 (Take That) and
magazine could fill. I like December 2010 (Lady Gaga).
there initially selling point of
having top 20 song lyrics,
and feel that I could
bring it back in a more
modern way.

7. Top of the Pops It was originally marketed
as the missing link
Based on the longest running BBC between Smash Hits and
television show of it's kind, Top of NME, but its format was
the Pops magazine provides the gradually changed, with less
music chart gossip as you music content and a
would expect. demographic shift to young girls.
Aimed at younger teenage From my research I have
girls, there is also Fashion, found out that the top of
boys and beauty advice all
the pops magazine still
included. When you buy a
continues to be
copy of Top of the Pops
produced. I was
magazine, you can also
surprised at this, due to
expect a free gift, poster
not seeing them in the
or sticker set.
shops myself.
Top of the Pops magazine is a
monthly publication
published by BBC Magazines. It
features chart information,
star gossip, fashion and
beauty advice, quizzes, song
lyrics and posters. It is a The magazine was launched in
supplementary magazine for the
TV show Top of the Pops.
February 1995.

8. Bliss is a monthly British
Bliss
magazine aimed at teenage
girls, retailing at £2.75 and
often comes with a gift such as This magazine is the sort of
make-up or a bag. The content layout that i want to
covers candid celebrity gossip, achieve for my magazine, as
latest fashions, hair and make- I prefer it over the other
up looks, a problem page on magazines and its not
puberty, boyfriends, friends stereotypically cheesy, it
and sex, interview with the has maturity to the
female celebrity cover girl, magazine which will attract
entertainment reviews, readers of 16 and maybe
romance advice, psychology for slightly older.
friendships and real-life stories.
I like this magazine a lot Having studied this
because it is bright and magazine i would like to
colourful and use this magazine as a
represents the target template for my magazine
audience really well. production, as it is girly
and bright.

9. Pose ideas