The publication plan summarizes a proposed monthly rock magazine called "Vexed". It will have a comedic tone and informal style, targeting rock music fans. It will be priced at £2 and distributed in various retail locations. Regular content will include reviews, previews, quizzes and columns. Feature stories will provide exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes pieces on popular rock bands. The magazine will have a consistent typographical style using the Franklin Gothic font family.

1. Publication Plan

2. Information
 Title: Vexed
 Positioning statement: the only rock magazine you need
Frequency of publication: Monthly
 Price: £2.00
 Distribution: newsagents and supermarkets, music shops, gig
venues and wh smith.
 Rationale: the approach of the magazine is to deliver
information to the fans about up and coming rock bands as
well as all their old favourites in a funny comedic way. The
magazine will use jokes and puns in articles and be funny to
read.
 Style: Informal style which uses humour and puns. The
magazine is for rock music fans so will use simple vocabulary
and syntax. Will have a mixture of paragraph length.

3. Content
Regular content:
 Feedback
 Posters
 Gig guides
 Live reviews
 Album reviews
 Competitions
 Introducing...
 The vexed quiz
 Rockstar agony aunt – you send in your problems your
favourite stars give you advice
 This issue in statistics

4. Content
Feature content
 My Passion – where have they been hiding?
 My Chemical Romance. We get the inside scoop on their new record.
 Young Guns- what happens on tour stays on tour...till now
 You Me At Six’s blueprints for final night of sin
 Deaf Havana we asked why they stripped down fools and worthless liars
 What’s next for all American rejects?
 Alex Gaskarth gives the low down on Taylex
 Pierce The Veil dish the dirt on Sleeping With Sirens
 A day in the life of Tay Jardine
 Axewound – where did they come from?
 Nearly 3 years since The Rev pasted away whats next for Avenged Sevenfold?
 Paramore exclusive
 Kids In Glass Houses what’s next?
 Futures sudden split
 Foo fighters Q&A
 We talk to I Divide
 Exclusive on Download 2013!
 Red Hot Chilli Peppers fan mail
 Exclusive interview with Beth Lee
 We interview Always The Quiet Ones

5. Typography
House style
 Coverlines: Franklin Gothic Demi bold
 Headlines: Franklin Gothic Heavy
 Standfirst: Franklin Gothic heavy 14pt byline to be
included in standfirst
 Captions: Franklin gothic heavy 8pt
 Features first paragraph: Drop capital Franklin Gothic
Heavy 5 lines deep. First word in capitals
 News first paragraph: first sentence in bold
 Body text: accord heavy SF 11pt
 Colour scheme: red, black, purple