Magazine Genre Research

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BY: CHRISTIAN RAGLAND Music Magazines

Transcript of Magazine Genre Research

BY: CHRISTIAN RAGLAND

Music Magazines

Examples of Music Magazines

Examples Continued

My Favorite Magazines

Rolling Stone Magazine

Main Cover line

Masthead

Cover Lines

Central Image

Pug

Rolling Stone’s Masthead

Generally stays red, but can vary depending on the overall style of the cover

Stays centered at the top of the magazine, can be covered by central image

Has always been the same font

Rolling Stone Media Kit

Men: 63%Women: 27%Median age: 35Median HHI: $65,29450% single72% white

Q Magazine

Masthead

Central Image

Main Cover Line

Cover Lines

Barcode

Q’s Masthead

Q Magazine has chosen to have large “Q” which stays in the upper left hand corner

It always stays as a red square, and a white “Q”

The only changes that occur is whether the central image partially covers the masthead or not

Q Magazine’s Media Kit

Men: 66%Women: 34%84% of readers are 15-44 years old

Guitar World Magazine

Pug

Masthead

Main Cover Line

Cover Line

Main Image

Barcode

Guitar World’s Masthead

Guitar World’s masthead is a large, boldfaced, capital “GUITAR” and inside of the “A” is a capital “WORLD”

The color of the two texts may change based on the color scheme

Guitar World Media Kit

Male: 92%Female: 8%Average age: 35Average HHI: $76,00072% of readers are employed and college

educated