Laura Goulding: October 2011

Friday, 28 October 2011

Codes and Conventions of a Magazines Double Page Spread

Codes and conventions of a magazine double page

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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

Friday, 14 October 2011

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.