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Rough plan of Music Magazine contents page

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Publication Plan

Publication Plan

Title: INDIE

Positioning Statement: For people who love music

Frequency of Publication: Fortnightly

Price: £2.50

Distribution: Newsagents, Supermarkets, gig venues and Music stores E.G. HMV

Rationale:  The approach of the magazine is to relate to indie music fans and to give them the latest update on their favourite bands and singers.

Style:  Informal magazine for indie music fans. Using normal vocabulary and standing out writing and presentation with some forms of slang.

Regular Content:

·         Editor’s Letter

·         Official top 20 Indie Music Chart

·         Fan’s letters

·         Gig Reviews

·         New album reviews

·         Feed you addiction - List of upcoming gigs

·         Posters section

·         Discovered by INDIE – unsigned bands

·         INDIE’s favourite band this week

·         Competition – meet and great

·         ASK – Artists answer your questions

·         Quiz

Features:

·         The Wombats tell INDIE everything

·         Refrains first exclusive interview

·         Tribute to Kurt Cobain

·         Vote for Indie music band of 2011

·         Up close and personal with Kings Of Leon

·         Breaking out – How to get your band noticed by INDIE

·         Tips on becoming the next big thing

·         Gig do’s and don’t

·         INDIE’s favourite snaps from Leeds festival

·         50 greatest moments of the music industry

·         The websites to download from

·         A day with Arctic Monkeys

·         Tracking – Florence and The Machines album meaning

·         Who will win - Kasabian vs. The Killers

·         The story behind Snow Patrol

·         The Goo Goo Dolls reveal all

·         Interview with The Beatles tribute band

·         Article on The Noisettes

·         Article on Foster the People

·         The story behind The Kooks

House Style

Coverlines: Myriad Pro

Headlines: Vijaya 177pt

Standfirst: Calibri (body) 14pt and in italics

Captions: Calibri (body) 7pt

Features first paragraph: drop capital Arial, 5 lines deep, and the first word in capitals

Body Text: Arial 11pt

Colour Scheme: black, red and white

Audience Research - Results and Conclusions.

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Questionnaire.

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Initial plans for my magazine.

Price: £2.50

Frequency of publication: Fortnightly

Average issue size: 60 pages

Regular Content:Things that will be in every magazine. Examples:
• Editor’s Letter
• Gig Reviews
• New album reviews
• Quiz

Features: Things that will only be included in that magazine. Examples:
• Refrains first exclusive interview
• Tributes
• Interviews with different bands and artists

Researching the Market Place

For the market research task I have researched existing music magazines who could be competitors to my music magazine.

Name: NME

Price: £2.20

Frequency: Weekly

Average Issue size: 69 pages

Circulation: 56, 284

Readership: 411,000

Launch Date: 1952

Male reader: 73%

Female reader: 27%

Average age: 25 years

ABC1: 73%

Target Market: Men aged 17-30 years

Media Pack: http://www.nme.com/mediapack/pdf/nme_media_information_full.pdf

 

Name: Q

Price: £3.90

Frequency: Monthly

Average Issue size: 55 pages

Circulation: 103,017

Launch Date: October 1986

Male reader: 75%

Female reader: 25%

ABC1: 68%

Target Market: Mixed gender aged 18-44 years

Media Pack:

http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/Brands/Q/

Name: Rolling Stone

Price: £3.20

Frequency: Weekly

Average Issue size: 60 pages

Circulation: 1,453,158

Readership:

Launch Date: 1967

First issue date: November 9^th, 1967

Male reader: 58%

Female reader: 42%

Average age: 32 years

Target Market: both male and female aged 18-34 years

Media Pack:

http://www.srds.com/mediakits/rollingstone/index.html

Initial Ideas

Genre: IndieTarget Audience: Indie music lovers of both genders. The age group that I will mainly focus on is 16-25 year olds. To appeal to my target audience I will make the images and features relevant.

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Introduction

I am a year 12 student and I have chosen Media for one of my A-levels. My teacher has given me a brief of what our coursework will consist of. The first task that I have been given is the Preliminary task, this task consists of planning and creating a school magazine. The main image for this magazine must be a medium close up.