Magazine research on music genre.

1. B Y : C H R I S T I A N R A G L A N D
Music Magazines

2. Examples of Music Magazines

3. Examples Continued

4. My Favorite Magazines

5. Rolling Stone Magazine

6. Main Cover
line
Masthead
Cover Lines
Central
Image
Pug

7. 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

8. Rolling Stone Media Kit
 Men: 63%
 Women: 27%
 Median age: 35
 Median HHI: $65,294
 50% single
 72% white

9. Q Magazine

10. Masthead
Central
Image
Main Cover
Line
Cover Lines
Barcode

11. 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

12. Q Magazine’s Media Kit
 Men: 66%
 Women: 34%
 84% of readers are 15-44 years old

13. Guitar World Magazine

14. Pug
Masthead
Main
Cover Line
Cover Line
Main Image
Barcode

15. 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

16. Guitar World Media Kit
 Male: 92%
 Female: 8%
 Average age: 35
 Average HHI: $76,000
 72% of readers are employed and college educated