Billboard is an American music magazine founded in 1894 that focuses on music industry charts and data. It maintains several internationally recognized charts that track popular songs and albums across genres weekly based on digital downloads, radio airplay, and streaming. Billboard's primary charts, the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard 200, respectively rank the top songs and albums regardless of genre. The magazine's target audience varies depending on what is in the charts but is generally aimed at both genders between the ages of 22-53 years old.

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3. Introduction.
Billboard is an American music magazine, headquartered in New
York and owned by Prometheus Global Media. It was first published
on November 1, 1894, and is distinguished as being among the
oldest trade magazines in the world. The magazine originally focused
on bill posting bill and outdoor amusements before specializing in
the music industry in the 1960s. Billboard maintains several
internationally recognized record charts, which track the most popular
songs and albums across several categories on a weekly basis. Its
primary charts, the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard 200,
respectively rank the top songs and albums regardless of genre, and are
based on digital downloads, radio airplay, and internet streaming. Its
data is largely based on the Nielsen tracking system, which it has used
since 1991.

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Billboard is a chart magazine with a varying target
audience and genre, depending on what is in the charts at
that time. Overall it is aimed towards both genders, usually
depending on the cover star and the age range for the
target audience is around 22-53 years old.

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 71% are between the ages of 22-53
 82% are college graduates
 27.5% post degree graduate
 65% director level or above

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The Rolling Stone Album Guide, previously known as The
Rolling Stone Record Guide, is a book that, along with its
sister publication Rolling Stone magazine contains
professional reviews of popular music. The guide can be
seen at Rate Your Music, while a list of albums given a
five star rating by the guide can be seen at Rocklist.net.

11. Target Audience.
Audience of 11,899 in which 60% are male and 40% are
female. They target an age of 18+, and 27% of the readers
are between 18-24. Another 27% are aged from 25-34, 20%
from 35-44, 14% from 45-54 and a small 13% from the age
of 55 and above.
This is similar to my magazine, however I plan to make
mine 50% male and 50% female. I chose this as a lot of the
indie genre magazines are more male than female. My age
range is also slightly different, as I want to start mine from
16 rather than 18.

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Ibe is a music and entertainment magazine founded by producer Quincy
Jones. The publication predominantly features R&B and hip-hop music
artists, actors and other entertainers. After shutting down production in
Summer 2009, Vibe was purchased by the private equity investment fund
InterMedia Partners and is now issued every-other month with double covers,
with a larger online presence. The magazine's target demographic is a
predominantly young, urban follower of hip-hop culture. As of April 2013
Vibe is currently owned by Spin Media.
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The magazine owed its success to featuring a broader range of interests than
its closest competitors The Source and XXL, which focus more narrowly on
rap music, or the rock & pop-centric Rolling Stone and Spin. As of June 30,
2012, Vibe has a circulation of 300,943, of which 202,439 was paid, and
98,504 was non paid.[2] Advertisers ran the gamut from record labels to
fashion houses to various cognac brands.

17. Target Audience.
The magazine’s target demographic is predominantly
young, urban followers of hip hop culture.

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