Music magazine front cover analysis- Rolling Stones

The magazine I am analysis is the Rolling Stones doesn’t have a certain genre it caters to all different types of music and it also has a TV issue where it talks about different TV shows and actors in the media. The rolling stones is published by Jann S. Wenner who is the editor and the publisher.

When I first seen the magazine I could easily tell that it was the Rolling Stones from the iconic mast head at the top of the page. I could see that this issue of the magazine was indeed the TV issue and that it would be based on actors and TV shows from America. From this cover I think that the target audience would be someone who is interest in television and music and keeping up to date with the latest news of music and TV. The articles and content of this magazine cover are all related to music, TV shows and different actors. The mode of address is to inform people who are intreseted in TV and music to what is going on in the industry.

Under where it says TV issue it lists five TV shows that are featured in the magazine and then it says plus a list of greatest shows that where never shown on TV. John Oliver’s name is the biggest text on the front cover as he is the main image on the front cover and he’s is what the main article is about in the magazine. The magazine have used a metaphor under his name that says “the angriest man in fake news which makes you think he is a very angry man. At the top corner the cover line has like a box around it to male it stand out and so you can see that it is all about the “Koch Brothers’.” Inside the Kock Brothers’ toxic empire is in block capitals so it stands out, they put the “Koch Brothers’” in red so it stands out from the rest of the black writing. Under that is a list of bands and singers that are that are featured in the magazine they are all in blocked capitals and in black text. Next you can see the cover line about U2 the biggest album ever they are all in blocked capitals and the U2 part is in red so that the name of the band will stand out on the page. In this magazine they have a colour scheme which is red, black and white and because this is the TV issue they also have yellow, blue, green, pink, red and purple included in the colour scheme. The masthead is located at the top of the magazine and takes up the whole length of the page so it is noticeable as the rolling stones is a popular magazine they cover part of the masthead with John Oliver’s head they can do because of how popular the magazine is.

John Oliver is the artist on the front cover of the magazine who does stand up comedy, media critic, TV host, writer and producer. this shows me that the target audience will know who he is if they

were to buy the magazine to read about John Oliver as he is the main image on the front cover of the magazine so he would be attracting readers to get the magazine. The main cover line states that John Oliver is the angriest man in fake news but in reality John is far from being the angriest man in fake news John Is a comedian and never takes anything to seriously.

Rolling Stones magazines coats £4.10 to buy in shops but inside it there is a voucher to subscribe to the magazine to get the magazine posted directly to your house and the subscription for 3 years so you would be getting 78 issues of the magazine of the space of 3 years for 59 cent per issue. You can also subscribe for one year and get 26 issues over the year for 97 cent per issue. This magazine is biweekly so once a week the magazine will be published with new news about the music industry and TV industry. In todays day an age you can now download the Rolling stones app and get a virtual copy of the magazine instead of getting the paper copy, and you can see old issues of the magazine on the app and on their website- http://www.rollingstone.com/

The magazine looks there is a lot of skills and a lot of time spent in making the cover of the magazine. The magazine looks very professional and doesn’t look cheap compared to a magazine with a younger audience. On the cover they don’t use a strapline on this issue but on other issues of the magazine they have different straplines.