2. The Billboard magazine has an important role to the
development of music press, this magazine was one of the
publications devoted to music industry. In 1936 music hit
parade was published this then became the subject of music
magazines from 1940’s and onwards. The Billboard charts
featured chart countdown on the radio and programmes like
American Top 40.

3. Melody maker was a weekly newspaper that began
in 1926. This magazine consisted coverage of all
aspects of jazz scenes. NME magazine then arrived
in 1950’s which was a direct competition, they both
covered all upcoming releases and articles about
artists . They both dominated newsstands in Britain
in 60’s and 70’s because they appealed to the
youth.

4. Inkies covered the reputation of serious music
journalism while NME focuses on glossy images
over music coverage. Inkies were the only source
indie scene and also provided detailed articles of
independent labeled artists and non producing
mainstream artists.

5. Rolling Stone
magazine was
published in 1967 by
Jann Wenner. It
covered the hiphop
music, lifestyle and
culture, this then
appealed to the
youth which made
the magazine
evolved until today.

6. NME magazine arrived in
1950’s which became a
direct competition to
melody maker. NME
focused on music that
appealed to youth which
was rock n roll scene. In 60’
and 70’s NME was the
popular on newsstands as
its consisted music that
contributed to youth
identity.

7. MixMag magazine’s first issue
was published in February
1983 this represented dance/
clubbing, hiphop and rap
music. In the mid 1990’s it was
sold to Emap a media
company then bought by
Development hell company.
Mixmag reached 70,000
copies due to popularity of its
music coverage this then
caused the Development hell
to issue Brazilian version of
Mixmag magazines

8. Kerrang is a genre specific
teen magazine which
arrived in 1981. It focused on
heavy metal and hard rocks.
The original owner of this
magazine was the United
newspapers who then sold it
to Emap. Up until to 2008
Emap sold it to Bauer Media
group which is currently the
owner of Kerrang