What Is The Current State Of The Music Magazine Industry?

 What Is The Current State Of

The Music Magazine Industry?

At the moment the state of the UK's music magazine industry is bad and is continuing to decline. In the past the sales of the magazines have been significantly higher, like "NME" (New Musical Express) which launched its first issue in 1952 and sold over 300,000 copies at its peak in the early 1970s which made it the most popular music magazine at the time. However, companies like these have begun to decline in popularity due to the integration of digital media.


Since the rise of digital media's popularity a large part of the magazine industry has been negatively affected, this is due to the accessibility of online media which is mostly free and can be viewed from anywhere and at any time meaning that consumer don't need to go out of their way to purchase a printed copy of a magazine. Another large reason for it's popularity is its live feed which allows users to be quickly informed about new information and updates, but magazines have to include information since their last issue meaning that consumers wouldn't be updated for days or even weeks after the information has been released. Finally, the industry feels like they are losing a large and important audience, youth, some companies, including "NME", think that the music magazines which are published are "struggling to interest a younger audience" meaning that they are potentially missing out on a large target audience.


Although the magazine industry is in decline some brands are still able to keep going. One way
that companies are getting people to continue buying printed copies of magazines are to add incentives for customers like making unique and collectible covers containing popular bands like those seen on "Classic Rock" which features Iron Maiden, this means that the company would continue to get a constant source of income from the print copies of their magazine. Some companies such as "MOJO" and "Q" have started to become more digital by using social media accounts like Facebook and Twitter which advertise the magazine and the news inside, they have also created websites where parts of the magazines can be viewed for free.

Prezi Magazine Analysis

Research Into Existing Products - Classic Rock

Research Into Existing Products - Q

 

Research Into Existing Products - Kerrang

 

 

Preliminary School Magazine Front Cover

This is one of the products that i created before I made the final amendments. The colour of the model credit text was too bright to easily read so i changed and repositioned that, I also made other minor tweaks. I used a filter on the background area to simplify it which allowed the

 models in the foreground to standout more. 

Final Product:

This is the final product for the Preliminary School Magazine Cover. I moved the issue number and model credit text as well as changed the colour as this allowed it to be easily read. In addition to this I added full stops to the school motto to make it look more formal.

Preliminary School Magazine Contents Page

This is my preliminary school magazine contents page before i made corrections which were suggested to me through peer assessment. I made the title and logo large an easily readable with a large image to promote one of the stories featured below.

Final Product:

This is my final product, I added a page number and remove some of the white around the subject within the image as well as altering the color balance to make it look more professional and realistic, I also made the featured stories bold so that they would stand out more against the regular stories.