The document outlines the publication plan for an indie music magazine. It will be published monthly for £2.70, distributed in stores, websites, and digitally. Each issue will feature interviews and reviews of popular indie artists, as well as upcoming artists, album reviews, festival news, and a free music download. The magazine aims to compete with similar publications like NME and Q by offering opinions and insights in an informal style for indie music fans. Regular sections will include forums, reviews, top music videos, gig guides, and charts.
1. Publication plan
Title-unsigned
Positioning statement-By the fans, for the fans
Frequency of publication- monthly
Price-£2.70
Distribution- Supermarkets, newsagents, websites, subscriptions, available digitally via newsstand
on iphones/ipadsetc and music shops
Rationale- This music magazine is about indie music. We will offer opinions, reviews, insights and
interviews. It’s going to be an original magazine, although it will follow the usual format for music
magazines. It’s going to feature a free download with every issue, reviews of each month’s albums.
It’s going to feature one well known artist each month on each cover of the issue. As well as having
other upcoming artists/band reviews as well as well known bands/artists, the music magazine will
also contain a quiz, reviews and interviews. The aim of this magazine is to compete against other
indie magazines such as NME, Q, Mojo and Uncut.
Style-The style of the magazine will be informal, using humour butnot afraid to offer strong
comments on events. The magazine is for indie fans so it will be simple and interesting with a lot of
information about the bands featured in the magazine.
Regular contentFans forum
Album reviews
Top 10 music videos of the month
Gig guides
New featured artists
Hot bands now
Song recommendations
10 most popular artists
20 brand new hits
Featured content1.
Interview with arctic monkeys
2.
Chase and status interview
3.
Field Day festival to take place over two days in 2014
4.
Stone Roses comeback
5.
Oasis comeback
6.
Jake bugg interview
7.
Kasabian Interview
2. 8.
Arctic monkeys greatest songs
9.
Arcade fire review
10.
Two door cinema club tour
11.
The killers interview
12.
Death cab for cutie interview
13.
The kooks album review
14.
Fleet foxes interview
15.
Bloc party review
16.
Bright eyes album review
17.
The postal service tour
18.
Broken social club number one hit
19.
Pixies interview
20.
Belle & Sebastian album review
House style:-
Coverlines- Calibri (body)
Headlines- Impact
Standfirst- Arial Rounded MT Bold
Body texts- Adobe Hebrew
Colour schemes- Red, black and yellow
