Media Coursework

1. Top 3 Music
Magazines in the UK
Mojo is a top selling UK music magazine first
published on the 15th
of October 1993. Mojo
magazine is a rock and indie genre magazine.
There is no consistenthouse styleas the colour
of the title varies from black to white, the
masthead also varies but the magazinealways
has ‘free cd inside’ in the top left corner of
every issue. The target is mainly older male
music lovers who appreciate the history of
music.
Q magazineis a music magazinethat was firstpublished
in October 1986. Thegenre of Q is rock and pop. There is
a consistenthouse style as the ‘Q’ is always in the top
left of the cover, text in white with a red background.
This makes it eye catching attracting readers to the
magazine. The masthead is also always the samecolour
and serif font. The target audience are 15-25 year old
males who are interested in currentmusic. The
publisher for Q is the Bauer media group.

2. NME magazine ways firstpublished in 1949 and is
based on the pop genre. The housestyle is
consistent, the masthead is almost always in a large,
bold font on the top of the page or most commonly
in the top left. This makes the title stand out from
the restof the information as the cover of NME is
usually busy. The cover usually includes a picture of
a currentmusician attracting the attention of the
target audience which is mainly men ages 17-30.