1. NME Music Magazine Print Deconstruction
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NME remains one of the longest running weekly music magazines in history after its initial publication in 1952.
Originally the magazine was published in broadsheet newspaper format using newsprint , and competed for
many year with titles such as Sounds (focussing on Rock and Heavy Metal genres) and Melody Maker
(mainstream Pop and Chart music).
Unashamedly ‘indie’ NME has always championed the cause of UK and US independent music and embraced
Punk Rock in the 1970s and 1980s with an excitable fervour – alongside its clear musical preferences promoted
by iconic writers such as Danny Baker and Tony Parsons (both now well respected cultural commentators) NME
also did nothing to disguise its anti establishment, left wing socialist ideology. Campaigning artists like Billy
Bragg and Paul Weller were frequently featured, particularly during the Thatcher era as part of the ‘Red Wedge’
movement.
In 1998 the ‘magazine’ became a magazine finally reverting to a colour magazine ink finish and printing in
tabloid size format – ironically perhaps considering NME’s independent credentials it is now owned by
international magazine publisher IPC, like Bauer Media Group part of the oligopoly of magazine publishers who
in turn are owned by Time Inc whose parent...
![NME Music Magazine Print Deconstruction
[click on image to enlarge]
NME remains one of the longest running weekly music magazines in history after its initial publication in 1952.
Originally the magazine was published in broadsheet newspaper format using newsprint , and competed for
many year with titles such as Sounds (focussing on Rock and Heavy Metal genres) and Melody Maker
(mainstream Pop and Chart music).
Unashamedly ‘indie’ NME has always championed the cause of UK and US independent music and embraced
Punk Rock in the 1970s and 1980s with an excitable fervour – alongside its clear musical preferences promoted
by iconic writers such as Danny Baker and Tony Parsons (both now well respected cultural commentators) NME
also did nothing to disguise its anti establishment, left wing socialist ideology. Campaigning artists like Billy
Bragg and Paul Weller were frequently featured, particularly during the Thatcher era as part of the ‘Red Wedge’
movement.
In 1998 the ‘magazine’ became a magazine finally reverting to a colour magazine ink finish and printing in
tabloid size format – ironically perhaps considering NME’s independent credentials it is now owned by
international magazine publisher IPC, like Bauer Media Group part of the oligopoly of magazine publishers who
in turn are owned by Time Inc whose parent...](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/nmemusicmagazineprintdeconstruction-150428054749-conversion-gate01/85/nme-music-magazine-print-deconstruction-1-320.jpg)
