1. Market research
There’s a range of different music
magazines with different genres
available for sale in the UK

2. Electronic dance music and DJs
• DJ Mag – monthly magazine dedicated to Electronic dance music and DJs.
Launched: 31st January 1991 published by DJ Mag.com Ltd. DJ Mag’s
colour scheme for it’s logo changes between red with a black outline or
white with a black outline
• V
• Mixmag is a British electronic dance and clubbing magazine, published in
London, England. Launched: 1982 (first issue published 1 February 1983)
published by DMC Publishing

3. Rock
• Q Magazine - The magazine has an extensive review section, featuring: new
releases (music), reissues (music), music compilations, film and live concert
reviews, as well as radio and television reviews. Launched: October 1986. Sister
magazine = Mojo. Owned by Bauer. In the early years, the magazine was sub-titled
"The modern guide to music and more".
• Kerrang! - UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by: Bauer Media
Group. Launched: 6 June 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper.
• NME - punk rock magazine, The New Musical Express, popularly known by the
initialism NME, is a music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly
since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a
magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the
first British paper to include a singles chart, in the 14 November 1952 edition.

4. Country
• Country Weekly - tabloid style weekly magazine, published in America.
Launched: 1994. he magazine focuses on country music stars and
events, and regularly features exclusive interviews with recording artists
and country music news.

5. Pop
• Most of the pop magazines available in the UK have an audience of mostly
young girls.
• Top of the Pops - monthly publication published by BBC Magazines. It features
chart information, star gossip, fashion and beauty advice, quizzes, song lyrics
and posters. It is a supplementary magazine for the TV show Top of the Pops.
Launched: February 1995
• We Love Pop – published by Egmont Publishing Group. The magazine includes
music, fashion, celebrities and gossip.
• Egmont Publishing Group produce magazines for young people starting from
under 7’s to teenagers.