The document summarizes four music magazines - Rolling Stone, Q, KERRANG, and Top of the Pops. It describes the name of each magazine, the genre of music they focus on (rock, rock, and pop respectively), and provides analysis of what their names suggest about the publication and targeted audience. It also gives brief details about each magazine's publisher and frequency of issues.

1. Name of Magazine…
Genre of magazine…
What the name suggests…
Institution…
Rolling Stone
Soft Rock Pop
The name suggests that the magazine is big and well
known like the band itself. The name uses ‘stone’
which can have connotations and be a symbol for soft
rock being the genre because a stone is a smaller,
softer rock. The band has been around for a while
which could link to the magazine being around for a
while. The adjective ‘rolling’ highlights that the
magazine bases their music on artists that move
around or are easy going yet take their music
seriously through gigs etc.
Rolling Stone is published every two weeks that
is serious about their music and artists used. In
1967, Rolling Stone was founded in San
Francisco, and later has become well known in
America and England. The first issue carried a
cover date of November 9, 1967. The
publishing company is Wenner Media LLC.
Q
Rock
The magazine Q was named to portray a sense of
ready to play and entrance to the magazine and
genre. Yet the one letter ‘Q’ has an edge which is also
portrayed in their chosen genre of rock. The name
uses a capital, single letter which highlights that the
magazine focuses on a more intellectual way of
writing compared to Top of the Pops which also in
comparison has a lower target audience and of a
different gender, contradicting all together.
Published by Bauer Media Group the same as
KERRANG as well as having similar genres but
portrayed differently. The company publish the
same type of genre which means they know
what to talk about when dealing with rock
magazines.
KERRANG
Rock
The name KERRANG suggests the artists that are
incorporated and used within the magazine express
their emotions; usually being anger, love or other
strong emotions that allow the readers to relate.
These emotions are conveyed within their music due
to bands that are featured in KERRANG are extreme
rock/metal and are very loud. The name KERRANG
has connotations of loud sounds and screaming which
is what the genre of heavy rock metal is about. The
magazine name highlights that the magazine is about
bands and their music rather than ‘gossip’.
The magazine is published by Bauer Media
Group. The magazine was first published on the
6th of June (1981) as a one-off addition in the
sounds newspaper. The magazine is released
every two weeks, with occasional special
additions with big bands within the genre.
Top of the Pops
Pop
The name Top of the Pops portrays genre that the
magazine is based on clearly being pop. The phrase is
not capitalised and simple words are used suggesting
the audience to be a young age. The name can be
argued to suggest the mood that is set when you
listen to genre being a good mood or ‘top’ form. It
symbolises the artists that feature in the magazine as
well being more gossip, new pop groups rather than
the bands that play at gigs and are serious about
their music.
The magazine Top of the Pops is issued
monthly and published by BBC Magazines. The
magazine included chart information, gossip
about pop bands, fashion and beauty advice. IT
also includes quizzes, song lyrics and posters
which are more interactive for the readers. It is
a magazine for the TV show
Top of the Pops yet the TV show later stopped
with the magazine carrying on. The magazine
was launched in February (1995), and is linked
with the famous girl group The Spice Girls. It is
seen to be a magazine based between Smash
Hits and NME, yet having a change in housing
style as years have gone on reaching to the
younger girl audience interested in gossip.