Media Studies Evaluation.

What media institution would distribute your media product and why?

BAUER MEDIAI would hope that Bauer Media would distribute my rock magazine. Bauer Media owns many different magazines, of different music genres, for example, They own Q, and KERRANG!

About BAUER MEDIABauer Media owns many different media platforms. This means that they are very well known, and a very big company. Here is some information about the company.

KERRANG magazine.

This is the target audience for KERRANG. The main target audience is around the age of 15-24, with a male skew. Looking at this for reference, I created the survey to get a rough idea of my main target audiences, and audience profiles.

KERRANG Vs. MAYHEMTHE TYOGRAPHY DIFFERS FROM MANY DIFFERENT MUSIC MAGAZINES, ALLOWING IT TO APPEAR DIFFERENT AND UNIQUE TO THE TARGET AUDIENCE. “EXCLUSIVE” INTERVIEW. BARCODE LOWER RIGHT. DIFFERENT FONT FOR BAND NAME.

THE TYPOGRAPHY IS UNIQUE, LIKE THE IDEA OF KERRANG’S. HAVING A DIFFERENT FONT ALLOWS EASY IDENTIFICATION. I HAVE LOOKED AT THIS MAGAZINE FOR REFERENCE FOR MY OWN, FOR EXAMPLE THE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW, AND THE PLACING OF BARCODE.

UNIQUE SELLING POINT

Unique eye catching font.Allows quick identification.Appealing to look at.

Free poster inside, grabsAudience’s attention and might attract them more, knowing they have a free gift with a purchase.

Exclusive interviews, make the audiences want to buy it more as they want to know what to know more upcoming artists.

Acoustic edition to grab more fans, raising the fan base, making the magazine more successful.

Bar code and price tag.

Chantelle Donovan’s name is in a different font, which is an element in every magazine. This is for celebrity recognition, plus it gives them individuality.

SUMMARY.Looking at the previous successful magazines that are owned by the BAUER Media, and what audience profiles they have, I decided to base my reference on them. I wanted to compare my magazine to a professional one that is already published, this allows me to check my progress, plus it shows my ideas. Although I want reference to the magazine when it comes to creating my own, I don’t want to fully copy it. Every magazine is different, meaning they have a unique selling point. This is what I think my magazine has. My magazine has different issues, for example that was the acoustic edition. Doing this gives a chance for different audiences to purchase and enjoy my magazine. My magazine included many different guides to do with festivals, or what to wear like the people in your favourite bands. It gives loads of opportunities and different offers, and it is all about promoting new bands/artists.