This document summarizes several British music magazines: NME, Q, Kerrang, Mojo, and Uncut. It provides details on their publishing companies, editors, target audiences, focuses/genres of music covered, and frequencies and prices of issues. The magazines range from weekly publications like NME and Kerrang to monthly issues of Q, Mojo, and Uncut. They target various age groups from teens to older music enthusiasts and cover genres from rock/indie to classic rock.

1. Research Into Music Magazines

2.  NME (New Musical Express)
 Published weekly for £2.20
 Originally was a newspaper however developed
into a magazine
 It was the first magazine to include a singles chart
 The publishing company is: LPC media
 The editor is: Luke Lewis
 The music content in mainly focused around:
rock/indie/ alternative
 The target audience is 16-19 year olds.

3.  Q is published monthly for £3.50
 The magazine was originally founded by Mark Ellen
and David Hepworth because they thought people
were ignoring the generation of older music
 The magazine includes high quality photography
and printing
 ‘The modern guide to music and more’
 The publishers are ‘Bauer media’ and the editor is
‘Andrew Harrison’
 The magazine is aimed at mature music lovers, not
teens or young adults it is the comprehensive
coverage of the current music business wile not
forgetting the trends of the yester years

4.  The music in Kerrang tends to be scremo/rock with
some indie. It is the world’s biggest selling weekly
rock magazine.
 The magazine was Named after the onomatopoeic
word that derives from the noise made when
smashing an electric guitar, Kerrang!
 This magazine is very much aimed at the younger
audiences (16+)
 The publishing company is ‘Bauer’ and the main
editor is Nichola Browne
 The magazine is published weekly and is sold for
£2.20 per edition

5.  Mojo was originally published by ‘Emap’ however
since January 2008 has been taken over and
published by the company ‘Bauer’
 The main editor is Phil Alexander
 The substance of the magazine is very much
focused on classic rock, and features alot of the
main contributers eg; Bob Dylan, The Beatles
 The magazine is published monthly and is sold for
£4.50 per edition
 The target audience is aged 35+, for both genders.

6.  Uncut is published monthly and for 6 months is
£16.99
 The magazine focus’ on music with film and book
sections in it
 The publisher is LPX media
 The Editor is Allan jones
 The target audience is 25-54 men
 ‘The music and movie magazine for the dual
enthusiast. Uncut features in-depth articles with
yesterday's heroes as well as contemporary artists.
Always packed full of film and music reviews and has
some great features on lesser known bands that are
quietly churning out really good albums.’

7. Resources
 http://www.mediauk.com/magazines/36274/uncut
 http://journalism.winchester.ac.uk/?page=257
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerrang!
 http://www.magforum.co.uk