here is my analysis of existing magazine titles. Also, my own idea of titles are also there with discussion

1. The title “Vibe” emphasises how people
are enjoying and dancing to the latest
pop music out there. This would persuade
readers to buy this magazine as it has a
positive impression because of the word.
The skyline on the top of the
masthead is clearly asking
the reader a question; it
almost sounds like a
competition on which singer
is “the number one genius?”.
This allows them to make
their own judgement on
which one’s better.
By following the calm, peaceful
theme of this magazine, they
want to show their readers that
this magazine is not too full with
the latest news. They might be
trying to make the title to
convey its atmosphere of the
pop genre.
I like the way that the text looks straight
and used by the same type of shape
format- the letters almost look like a
square.

2. “The Source” sounds like a piece of
information you get from different
sources such as newspapers and books. It
also gives the impression that every news
they give us is a source of reliability.
It has the names of famous artists. This is
clearly include to show that they each
have a featured news story which each
comes up after the previous one. It
doesn’t give out too much detail; they
only summarise on who’s in the contents.
I find the hand holding a
microphone icon very clever as this
is used to symbolise the
exclusiveness of the magazine with
its pop news. It also represents the
press; they always ask constant
questions to famous celebrities.
The colour white is specifically
used for the title. The colour is
meant to show that nothing in the
contents of this magazine is biased
or omitted but most importantly,
white is used to make the text
clear enough to see from the dark
multi-coloured background.
The faded background is edited to
relate the euphoric feeling of getting
into the music’s situation and its
recurring feelings.

3. Howl
The title doesn’t seem to have
much connotation but it describes
the sound an alpha wolf makes to
attract the pack or informing them
of prey. In comparison, the title is
calling out to readers to read the
magazine and its contents.
Euphoria
This title appeals to a teenage
audience. If I used a colourful style and
font, it would clash well with the
colour themes that I am going to use.
The title says it all; it implies
excitement and happiness which will
get readers to get into the magazine
with the latest updates in pop music.
RadioGR8
By combining these two words, I think that
this title would appeal to a wider
audience. For instance, not only the
younger audience would be targeted at ,
but also the older audience as 91% of
them are more likely to tune in their
preferred radio stations and gain some
information from them. Using the
connotations for the word “great”, I’m
trying to converge the language towards
teenagers. Another reason is to make it
stand out.
MSC (Music)
I decided not to use the whole word, but
the initials of it. This makes it easier to
remember the title rather than using the
full word. I was very inspired by the idea
because of singers being known for their
anagram- like names such as M.I.A and
MDNA (Madonna).
Decide on own title of magazine
Overall, I think I like the title
MSC. It’s very catchy and easy to
remember. My intention was to
make my own music magazine
look unique and very new.
Euphoria is also in my liking
because it has the description of
the feeling of listening to music.
#POP is most appealing. I’ll be
able to make the magazine more
similar to Twitter: each page will
have a style that would be
#POP
I’m trying to familiarise the common hashtag
symbol that the teenage audience uses more
often on known social networking sites such as
Twitter and Facebook. This is to make the
magazine more into their liking; they want news
that appeals to them every month. It’s
compared to “tweets” they get from twitter
celebs such as Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift.
Crunk
“Crunk” is slang for extremely fun and wild. I
think this title applies to the younger
audience such as teenagers: they act
rebellious and finding ways to make life
exciting.