2. Reader Profile
• Q audience don’t define themselves by the
music they listen to. Music is an important
passion, but their love of music will never be
to the detriment of their other passions, such
as film, sport and comedy.
3. Q Magazine History
• Q magazine was first published in October 1986 by founders
Mark Ellen and David Hepworth.
• They felt they were ignoring an older generation of music
buyers so created a magazine published monthly with higher
standards of photography and printing.
• The magazine was originally spelt as “cue” as to cue music but
it was changed to a single letter heading so not to be
confused with a snooker magazine.
5. Masthead
I chose this magazine cover because
unlike all of the other magazine covers
this masthead is broken up. This is done
to appeal to the target audience as it
links into the main article.
