My magazine is called KERRANG! I chose it because it was eye-catching and cheaper than the other magazines. It is a weekly rock music magazine published by Bauer Media Group and aimed at young people interested in rock music.

1. My magazine is called KERRANG!
I chose it because it was eye-catching and cheaper than the other
magazines.
MUSIC MAGAZINE RESEARCH

2.  I have never bought this magazine before
 It features bright colours and bold fonts
 It is a rock magazine
 It is part of the Bauer consumer media company
 The editor is called James Mcmahon
 There is also a Deputy editor, an art director, a
production editor, features editor, picture editor,
sub editor/ editorial assistant, deputy art editor,
reviews editor, listings editor, designer and
introducing editor
 The magazine cost £2.20

3.  The inside cover of the
front page features an
advert from HTC. It
shows how the phone
can be customised to
suit your needs in a
unique way.
 It uses bright colours
on a blank background
to stand out like the
front cover

4.  The back cover features an
advert for Machine Heads
album ‘Unto The Locust’ at
HMV
 Its got a lot of black space
which fits in with the HMV
house style
 Wearing black on a white
background so they stand
out
 Serious faces and powerful
stances make them look
almost godly

5.  There 16 pages of advertisements in the
magazine
 The adverts in the magazine are all either
technology adverts or adverts for upcoming
shows.
 These relate to the audience as they are young
(so will be interested in technology) and enjoy
the music being advertised as they bought the
magazine

6.  Their website includes a homepage, news,
access all areas, swag, podcast, k! magazine,
tickets, shop, subscribe, bands, listen to k!
radio, kerrangradio and k! TV links

7.  I like the layout of the articles in the magazine
best. They are always interestingly set out so
it makes it more interesting to read
 I would change the articles themselves as the
people featured don’t interest me

8.  The magazine costs £2.20 and is released
once a week
 I t is published by Bauer Media Group, a large
German publishing company based in
Hamburg
 They also publish the magazine Q

9.  The magazine is aimed at young people that
are into Rock music
 I can tell this as all the adverts are for things
that would interest this group of people such
as mobile phones and rock concerts
 The people on the front cover are also quite
young and are playing videogames while
looking quite crazy which the target audience
will want to be like

11. Front Cover
 The front cover is set on a white blank background so
that everything stands out and you can see it clearly
 The masthead is behind the main picture showing that
the company have faith in their brand being popular
enough
 There are lots of cover lines all down the side and across
the bottom so it looks like the reader is getting a lot for
their money
 They have added a banner at the top advertising the free
posters included in the magazine so that the audience
will want to buy it more
 There are 3 different competitions that the reader will
want to enter so they will buy the magazine

12. Contents
 The page numbers are on the right side of the
page underneath headings such as feedback,
news and Win!
 The page is dominated by a man with
makeup on singing
 There are also screenshots of articles in the
magazine that may interest the reader

14. Double page spread
 These pages feature ‘FINISH HIM!’ in very
large font in red and black which are very
aggressive colours
 The red and black is matched by what the
two men in the shot are wearing
 The photograph uses special effects too
 The text is wrapped around the photograph
 There is an independent red column on the
right that includes a story about this weeks
special feature of gaming