Target reader profiles and focus group

In the focus group we found out that not many people buy magazines and that if they like the magazine they would usually subscribe to it. We also found out that not as many people buy music as there is people downloading it illegally. The main cause of people downloading music is that they don’t have money to spend on buying the albums.

Jeff
Age 17
Location: Newcastle
Interests: Going out with friends, Films
Unemployed
Tall
Medium length Brown Hair


Tom
Age 20
Location: Chelmsford
Interests: Playing Video Games, Socializing
Short
Long Blue Hair

Paul
Age 25
Location: London
Interests: Socializing, Music
Self-Employed
Short
Black Long hair

Research into specific magazines/ potential competition

I researched two other magazines NME and Q I found out that NME is released weekly and is £2.30 and has around 66 pages. Q is monthly and has 100pages and cost £3.90. I used this information to decide how many pages a fortnightly magazine would be and the price of it. Q sells approx 130,000 a month and NME sells approx 60,000 Every Week.

The Press Complaints Commission

I will make sure I will abide by The press complaints commission code. I will make sure that I have consent from the models to take pictures. Make sure everything I publish is accurate.

What goes into a music magazine – typical features in any music magazine?

The typical features of any music magazine are about the upcoming bands, reviews on new albums that have been released. Usually an interview with a band. They have a lot of adverts in a magazine usually 1/3rd of the magazine is adverts. The most typical feature is reviews on bands and Albums.