This magazine is owned by a large media conglomerate called Nat Mags that owns many magazines. Inside Soap focuses exclusively on soap operas and provides exclusive previews and interviews related to soaps to entice readers. It uses bright colors and promises of secrets on the cover to stand out on shelves. The magazine ensures readers learn about the soaps, not just the celebrities' personal lives.

2. This magazine is created by the Radio Times which is owned by Immediate Media Company. This is a large
conglomerate company that owns many different brands that range from entertainment magazines to knitting
magazines. Their circulation is around 831K, with 62% market share.
This magazine features a picture of the celebrity featured in the soap dressed as a certain theme. It also includes an
exclusive interview with the star. 75% of their readers are within the ABC1 category, with 52% of the readers being
women.
Representation
Female character is looking directly
into the camera, she is leaning over
the bar looking powerful. Props used
include wine and fruit because she is
dressed as a barmaid like the
character she plays. Props and
clothing used are related to the
portrait below, as the magazine
company used this as inspiration for
the shoot. She is dressed in dark
colours with lace, making her look
very posh and professional.
Language used
‘Free’ promoting magazine.
‘new’ ‘beauty’ ‘masterpiece’
‘art’ all positive, influential
words
Style and use of colours
Brand name, dark colours, house style
of red and white, professional, ties the
image and text together
Well-known stars
Well known stars that fans will
recognise, selling point as the
more well known the star the
more people will buy it because
they are interested
Value for money
Dark colours promote
wealth, professional,
expensive
Teasing the audience
‘plus’ ‘special’ ‘free’ all
words that appeal to the
audience, make them feel as
though they reading things
exclusive to this magazine

3. Radio Times is a well established
magazine, and includes TV and film
stars like Benedict Cumberbatch,
Nigella Lawson and Johnny Depp.
These are big stars that most of the
audience will recognise and want to
find out more about
For £1.10 the magazine contains a
wide range of information including
information and interviews and Film
though it is more value than some of
the other magazines that only offer
you a 7 day TV guide such as Inside
What makes it sell?
The magazine uses images that they have
taken themselves so, unlike gossip
magazines including Heat and Look, the
audience can rely on the fact that what
they are reading has come directly from
the celebrity
TV Listings, Radio listings, TV
reviews. This makes it seem as
Soap
The radio times uses dark
colours and bold white fonts
to make it look established
and coordinated unlike some
soap magazines that use a
range of bright colours,
making them appear cheap

4. This magazine company is owned by Nat Mags, a British publisher that also owns Cosmopolitan and Company
magazines as well as many others. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Mags
Nat Mags is a large conglomerate company that owns many different magazines including Inside Soap. It includes
content from soaps including Eastenders, Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks, Home and Away and Neighbours.
Representation
Close ups of the characters with
serious faces accompanied with words
‘destroyed’ ‘murder’ showing that
they are dangerous and cunning
whereas Bianca etc. from Eastenders
all appear to be smiling and they us
words like ‘joy’ making Eastenders
look a bit mild in comparison to the
content in Emmerdale
Language used
‘revenge’ ‘horror’ ‘fight’ ‘downfall’
‘destroyed’ strong action words that
sound exciting to the audience as
they know something serious is
happening, and they are all tied in
with the main title ‘Emmerdale
Explodes’. ‘Plus’ ‘EVERY’ rule of 3,
emphasises that the audience are
being told everything and every
‘secret’ making them feel as though
they should buy the magazine
Style and use of colours
Colours used on the cover include bright
reds, oranges, yellows and whites. The
colours also represent fire which ties in
with the title ‘Emmerdale Explodes’
Well-known stars
This cover features five characters
from one soap and uses their
character names meaning that this
magazine is all about the soap and
not the actual celebrity. They also
feature smaller images of other stars
from Coronation Street and
EastEnders.
Value for money
£1.60, ‘exclusive interview’
plus a 7 day TV guide meaning
this a weekly magazine. Value
for money as they find out
about all the different soaps
and not just one
Teasing the audience
‘exclusive preview inside’ ‘EVERY secret’
makes the audience feel as though they
will only find this information out if they
buy this magazine as it is exclusive to
them

5. It uses bright yellows and reds to
stand out on the shelves against
plainer magazines like Vogue
and Radio Times to entice the
reader into looking at the cover
of their magazine over the rest
It gives the reader exclusive
previews and secrets from the
soaps as well as a 7 day TV guide
that the audience will find useful
What makes it sell?
Inside Soap does exactly what it says, it tells the
audience all about soaps and nothing else. It
features the celebrities as their character names
so the audience feel as though the magazine is
concentrated entirely on soaps and not on the
celebrities themselves, so they can ensure that
they can read the magazine and find out exactly
what they want without having to read about
the celebrities personal life and gossip etc.
and value for money.
It features a story on more
than one soap, and uses
thumbnails for other soaps to
show what else is included in
the magazine without giving
too much away

6. TV Magazine is a free magazine sent with The Sun newspaper on a Saturday. The Sun is published by News Group
Newspapers and is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, a multinational business.
It can cost up to £1,750 to advertise on a TV page in the magazine, showing that The Sun is a well established company
with high demand from advertisers.
Representation
Mid shot of character leaning towards
camera raising eyebrows, dressed in
leather 50’s grease inspired makes her
look stylish, expensive, retro
Language used
‘plus’ makes it sound as though it is
value for money as you are finding
out more than just an interview with
a soap star. Drop other celebrity
names like ‘David Walliams’ make it
seem more popular as more
celebrities are willing to be featured
in it. Use short sentences doesn’t
give too much away
Style and use of colours
House style blue and black, eyes, font,
blue + black, sophisticated, well thought
out
Well-known stars
Jo Joyner, recognisable face
from Eastenders fans
Value for money
42 pages of listings, includes
soaps, food, style & gadgets
as well as an interview which
makes the audience think
they are getting more for
their money
Teasing the audience
No information given, surprises people as they may not have known she was
leaving, ‘The Last Goodbye’ very dramatic

7. What makes it sell?
They talk about more than one subject,
including food, gadgets and style as well
as soaps. This makes the magazine more
enjoyable as the reader is not reading
about the same thing all of the time
They feature personal
interviews with the celebrities
themselves and not just their
characters
It makes The Sun more
appealing to younger readers as
they are more likely to read it if
they know there is a free TV
magazine involved
TV magazine is free with the
paper so the audience feel
as though it is value for
money as it gives them a TV
listings and exclusive
information without them
having to pay