3. Q Front Cover Layout
• The colour scheme of this magazine is very minimalistic.
• The colours used in the logo and text are red, black and
white and this is effective because it doesn’t distract from
the main article’s image
• The Q logo is in the left hand corner and because the logo
is so iconic the cover photo can overlap
4. History and Success
• Q magazine is a British music magazine that has been
publishing every month since October 1986
• In June 2007 it had a circulation of 130,179
• Between January and June 2010 there were 550,000
readers
• The magazine was originally going to be called
‘Cue’, like ‘cueing a record’ but the name was changed so
t wouldn’t be mistaken for a snooker magazine
• Q magazine has been the UK’s best selling monthly usic
magazine since its launch
5. What does Q offer?
• Reviews and interviews with global artists are what Q
produce the most, not restricting to just UK artists
• Q50 – top 50 essential tracks of the month
• Cash for questions where the artist answer questions by
readers, and if their question is answered they win money
• Although it is a music magazine, it also complies of
radio, television and film reviews
• Quite often it give out promotional gifts such as CDs or
posters when the magazine is purchased
6.
7. Rolling Stone Front Cover
• The Rolling Stone is more adult and ‘risqué’
• Iconic logo often covered with front image as so well
known
• They tend to stick to a red colour scheme
• They cover image tends to have a plain background
8. Successes and History
• Founded in 1967 by Jann Wenner and Ralph J. Gleason
• American based magazine
• International editions in
Argentina, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil, Bulgaria, China,
Colombia, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Polan
d, Spain and Turkey
