Billboard magazine is an international weekly magazine devoted to music and the music industry. It was founded in 1894 and originally covered billboards and live entertainment. It began covering music in the early 1900s. Billboard maintains several internationally recognized music charts and is intended for music professionals. The student likes the style of Billboard magazine covers and contents pages, which follow conventions like using the rule of thirds and emphasizing images. Double page spreads show continuity and sophistication through techniques like linking images and text. The student also notes Billboard's website allows readers to stay updated on artists. This analysis of Billboard magazine informs possibilities for the student's own music magazine.

1. TASK 5. AS MEDIA STUDIES.
By Laura Boucher

2. BILLBOARD MAGAZINE
 The magazine I have chosen which is within my chose genre is billboard
magazine.
 Billboard is an international news weekly magazine devoted to music and the
music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains
several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs
and albums in various categories on a weekly basis.
 Billboard was founded in Cincinnati on November 1, 1894, by William h.
Donaldson and James Hennegan.
 Originally titled Billboard Advertising it was a trade paper for the bill posting
industry, hence the magazine's name.
 Within a few years of its founding, it began to carry news of outdoor amusements,
a major consumer of billboard space. Eventually Billboard became the paper of
record for circuses, carnivals, amusement parks, fairs, vaudeville, mistrels, whale
and other live entertainment. The magazine began coverage of motion pictures in
1909 and of radio in the 1920s.
 The editor of billboard is Danyel Smith. The frequency of the magazine is weakly.
The circulation figures are: 16,327. The company is: prometheus global media.
 Lastly Billboard is intended for music professionals, such as record label
executives, artists, music retailers, and radio DJs.

3. MAGAZINE COVERS I'D LIKE TO BASE MY
MAGAZINE UPON….
I like the style of the covers off billboard magazine. They focus upon a genre of music I’d be interesting in, pop, RnB era. I think
their contents pages follow the convention of a typical music magazine and have given me an idea of what the conventions of
a music magazine look like. The conventions of a billboard cover include: often the photo of the main featured artist goes over
the masthead. The main attraction of the issue e.g the artist is always in the largest font.
Often sans-serif fonts are used which looks quite modern and could connote freshness and youth. I think these conventions
make the magazine look professional and i’d like the same sort of look within my magazine.

4. MAGAZINE COVERS I'D LIKE TO BASE MY
MAGAZINE UPON….
I like the contents pages with billboard magazine. I think this is because the structure is clear and neatly follows the rule of
.
thirds The conventions of a typical billboard contents page include:
Simple layout structure often the rule of thirds is used.
The left column is often used to represent all the pages within the magazine.
The contents title is often in bold.
The image often works around the text. Emphasising the fact that the magazine is mainly image based.
I think that these conventions work well with this particular genre because it enables you see the full range of artists and
contents of the magazine within one page which is what I am hoping to portray in my magazine.

5. DOUBLE PAGE SPREADS I'D LIKE TO BASE MY
MAGAZINE UPON….
I like the layout of the double page spreads this is because I think that they show
continuity and look both stylish and sophisticated.
The conventions of a typical billboard double page spread include:
The main image often links in the with the text.
Quotes from the text are often used to draw the reader in.
Other colours are often used from the main image are often used.
A small serif type font is often used which looks quite sophisticated and could be
seen as reliable.

6. BILLBOARD MAGAZINE WEBSITE.
Billboards
website allows I also think that
regular the website
magazine
readers an
allows people to
online gather some
technological background on
source enabling billboard and see
them to stay
updated with the what the
latest from the magazine is
artists despite about and also
the fact billboard
is released
see the main
weekly. focus and main
genre of the
magazine.
I think that billboards online website represents just
how big billboard is as a magazine as their is a
demand for despite it is released weekly showing to
the extent how popular billboard magazine is on a
whole. I think that the website also helps with publicity
and is good for promoting the magazine as a whole.

7. POSSIBILITIES FOR MY MUSIC MAGAZINE.
Names.
 Music now, pop it, all about pop.
Possible genres
 Pop, RnB, Mainstream/popular music
Ideas for articles
 Interviews with music
 Upcoming gigs
 Top 10 charts
 Fashion ideas
house styles
 Similar fonts used within every article
 Same colour scheme throughout
 Title on every page in same font and colour