2. The Editor?:
Empire has had eight editors over all:
Barry Mcllheney (issues 1 – 44)
Phil Thomas (issues 45 – 72)
Andrew Collins (issues 73 – 75)
Mark Salisbury (issues 76 – 88)
Ian Nathan (issues 89 – 126)
Emma Cochrane (issues 127 – 161)
Colin Kennedy (162–209) (Will Lawrence acted as
editor for 12 issues while Colin Kennedy was absent)
Mark Dinning (210 – present. Dinning was formerly
Associate Editor on the magazine leaving to take up
the position of Editor of Total Film for a period, he
then returned to take up the same role for Empire)
3. Which company publishes it?
Empire is a British film magazine published monthly
by Bauer Consumer Media.
Bauer Media Group is a multinational media company
headquartered in Hamburg, Germany which operates in
16 countries worldwide.
When was it first published?
• It was published in July 1989
When is it released?
• Monthly
4. Who is the target audience?
Teens to young adults, mostly boys/men and
people who like blockbuster films.
How do they reach their target audience
with their front covers?
• By the film still image as the main story and
puffs/plugs on the front.
Do they use a certain type of
models/images?
& What issues/stories do they usually
cover
• They use film still images which are the main story in that
monthly magazine which are usually upcoming films or
successful films that have just come out. The image will be of the
actor/actresses in that movie.
5. Do they use certain fonts and colour
schemes on their front covers
Empire mainly use the colours black and red but also
gold sometimes but its usually quite dark. They use
there own type of font which is sharp and common
readers of this magazine will be able to recognise the
magazine because of the usual colours and font that
they use.
Other Facts:
As well as film news, previews and reviews, Empire has some
other regular features. Each issue (with the exception of issues
108–113) features a Classic Scene, a transcript from a notable
film scene. The first such classic scene to be featured was the "I
could have been a contender" scene from On the Waterfront.
