This document summarizes and analyzes the content of the February 2011 edition of Q magazine, a UK-based music magazine. It finds that the magazine contains primarily music promotion advertisements, as would be expected given its focus on music. Advertisements are largest and most prominent toward the front and middle of the magazine. The editor's letter discusses celebrating the 25th anniversary of the magazine with features like a list of the 250 best albums over its lifetime. The target audience is music lovers across ages but skewing younger as content focuses on modern artists. Readers may also be interested in similar magazines like NME and MOJO that target the same demographic.

1. 3619500-19050Research of a music magazine<br />Title: Q<br />Price: £3.99<br />Publisher: Bauer Media Group<br />Frequency of publication: Monthly <br /> <br />Mode of address on front cover: The title of the magazine, Q, is in a clear block of red on the top left with a large image of a record on the front cover with only one other box which states some of the artists which are featuring in the magazine. The barcode is also featured on the gold, red, black and white cover. <br /> <br /> Music PromotionLifestyleClassified adsOthersNumber of times occurringIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII - 41IIIII - 5 -0II -2<br />LifestyleName of Product being advertisedLocation of product in magazineGuessimate of price of productSize of advertAimed gender1.Lactose FragranceInside the front cover£23-30A4Men2.Pulsar WartchPage 9 (front)£70-80A4Men3.IPad edition of empire magazinePage 93 (Middle)£400A4Unisex4.Car magazinePage 104 (back)£5A4Men5.Storage solutionPage 151 (back)£4951/6 of A4WomenOther1.Jack Daniels WhiskeyPage 101 (middle)£10A4Unisex2.Golfer MagazineInside of back cover£26 annuallyA4Men’sMusic Promotion1.1. Q subscriptionPage 102-103 (middle)3 issues =£102 A4 Unisex2.Ceeloo Green – The Lady Killer albumPage 5 (front)£10A4Unisex3.Funeral Party – Golden Age of Knowhere albumPage 7 (front)£10A4Unisex4.The Black Keys – Brothers albumPage 13 (front)£10A4Unisex5.. Hurts – Happiness AlbumPage 14 (front)£10A4Unisex6.Q 5day music session: at Shepherd’s BushPage 37 (front) £10-15A4Unisex7.Q magazine advertPage 38 (front)£4A4Unisex8.Music memorabilia: EBay auction for Cancer Research UKPage 44 (front)VariedA4Unisex9.Q magazine of 25yearsPage 45 (front)£4A4Unisex10.Mojo music magazinePage 110 (back)£5A4Unisex11.HMV next big thing, new bands at venues around LondonPage 145 (back)Admission according to venue entre A4Unisex12.Bobcom.com – singing competition to become successfulPage 35(front)free½ A4Women13.Fenech – soier albumPage 35(front)£10½ A4Unisex14.Katy Perry concertPage 147 (back)£30½ A4Women15.Rihanna concertPage 147 (back)£60½ A4Women16.Pulp- wirelessPage 150 (back)£110½ A4Unisex17.Kings of Leon concertPage 150 (back)£70½ A4Unisex18.Primal scream concertPage 144 (back)£40¼ A4Unisex19.JamiroquaiPage 144 (back)£50¼ A4Unisex20.Crystal castles, magnetic man, everything and the vaccinesPage 144 (back)£20¼ A4Unisex21.David GuettaPage 144 (back)£30¼ A4Unisex22.John GrantPage 146 (back)£201/6 A4Unisex23.Funeral PartyPage 146 (back)£131/6 A4Unisex24.Katy BPage 146 (back)£171/6 A4Unisex25.Brian WilsonPage 146 (back)£501/6 A4Unisex26.JourneyPage 146 (back)£501/6 A4Unisex27.Paul RodgersPage 146 (back)£551/6 A4Unisex28.Blink 182Page 149 (back)£401/6 A4Unisex29.Lighthouse FamilyPage 149 (back)£351/6 A4Unisex30.Fran HealyPage 149 (back)£301/6 A4Unisex31.KT TunstallPage 149 (back)£251/6 A4Unisex32.Chase & StatusPage 149 (back)£201/6 A4Unisex33.British Sea PowerPage 149 (back)£171/6 A4Unisex34.Angels & AirwavesPage 148 (back)£201/7 A4Unisex35.Band of HorsesPage 148 (back)£201/7 A4Unisex36.RobynPage 148 (back)£201/7 A4Unisex37.Mark RonsonPage 148 (back)£251/7 A4Unisex38.HaircutPage 148 (back)£201/7 A4Unisex39.Total Pop TourPage 148 (back)Depending on artist1/7 A4Unisex40.Venue London – Indie clubPage 148 (back)Depending on the venue admission1/7 A4Unisex<br /> Analysis of content of adverts in Q music magazine:<br />The magazine holds mostly music promotion adverts as it is a musically based magazine therefore this magazine is the most likely place to incise audiences into buying music products. A4 were quite frequent at the front and middle of the magazine, this is a good place for large adverts to be located for people who like to flick, and large images will grab audience’s attention. Towards the back of the magazine the adverts start sharing pages and becoming smaller but are more expensive products, this makes it more difficult for people to view the artist or band they want and there is no order and colours are all bright with dark backgrounds to stand out, but as all the adverts are doing this none stand out more than others. <br /> <br />The Editors Letter:<br />Paul Rees, Editor-in-Chief’s particular aim for this months edition, is to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Q magazine, he talks of the year ahead for the magazine and the celebration that will occur, for the first of the celebrations this month will include an 250 Best Albums of Q’s Lifetime. <br /> <br />Guessimate:<br />My ‘guessimate’ of image to text is 80% image, 20% text in February 2011 edition of Q magazine.<br />Target Audience:<br />The people this magazine is most aimed at, is music lovers of all ages, tending to be more of a younger audience as Q mainly features modern artists, if they buy this magazine they may also be interested in NME and MOJO, because they also aim their audiences at the same people, but hold a slightly different genre of music. <br />