UNIT 21:
MAGAZINE
RESEARCH
Rugby World is a monthly rugby union
magazine that has been running since
October 1960. It is published monthly by IPC
Media and edited by Owain Jones who took
over from long standing editor Paul
Morgan in January 2012. The magazine is
the world's top-selling rugby magazine.
ESPN The Magazine is a biweekly sports magazine
published by the ESPN sports network in Connecticut
in the United States. The first issue was published on
March 11, 1998. The main sports covered
include Major League Baseball, National Basketball
Association, National Football League, National
Hockey League and College Basketball and College
Football.
Empire is a British film magazine
published monthly by Bauer Consumer
Media. From the first issue in July 1989,
the magazine was edited by Barry
Mcllhenery and published by Emap. It is
the biggest selling film magazine in the
United Kingdom.
Total Film is a UK-based film magazine
published 13 times a year (every four
weeks) by Future Publishing. The magazine
was launched in 1997 and offers cinema,
DVD and Blu-ray news, reviews and
features.
OK! is a British weekly magazine specialising in
celebrity news. Originally launched as a monthly,
its first issue was published in April 1993. OK! is
the world's biggest celebrity lifestyle magazine,
with more than 30 million readers worldwide,
and now appears in 20 countries
Heat is a British entertainment magazine published
by German company Bauer Media Group. It is one of
the biggest selling magazines in the UK and its mix of
celebrity news, gossip, beauty advice and fashion is
primarily aimed at women.It also features movie and
music reviews, TV listings and major celebrity
interviews.
* Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in
the United Kingdom. The magazine has an extensive
review section, featuring: new releases, reissues,
music compilations, film and live concert reviews, as
well as radio and television reviews. It uses a star-
rating system from one to five stars; indeed, the
rating an album receives in Q is often added to print
and television advertising for the album in the UK and
Ireland. It also compiles a list of approximately eight
albums, which it classes as the best new releases of
the last three months. A new issue is released every
month. Most of the magazine is devoted to interviews
with popular musical artists and is well known for
compiling lists e.g. “The 100 Greatest albums”. Usual
features include the Q50, Where the magazine lists
the top 50 essential tracks of the month; cash for
questions, in which famous celeb/bands answer
questions sent in by readers. The magazine has a
close relationship with the Glastonbury Festival,
producing both a free daily newspaper on site during
the festival and a review magazine available at the
end of the festival.

Unit 21 magazine research

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    Rugby World isa monthly rugby union magazine that has been running since October 1960. It is published monthly by IPC Media and edited by Owain Jones who took over from long standing editor Paul Morgan in January 2012. The magazine is the world's top-selling rugby magazine. ESPN The Magazine is a biweekly sports magazine published by the ESPN sports network in Connecticut in the United States. The first issue was published on March 11, 1998. The main sports covered include Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, National Football League, National Hockey League and College Basketball and College Football.
  • 3.
    Empire is aBritish film magazine published monthly by Bauer Consumer Media. From the first issue in July 1989, the magazine was edited by Barry Mcllhenery and published by Emap. It is the biggest selling film magazine in the United Kingdom. Total Film is a UK-based film magazine published 13 times a year (every four weeks) by Future Publishing. The magazine was launched in 1997 and offers cinema, DVD and Blu-ray news, reviews and features.
  • 4.
    OK! is aBritish weekly magazine specialising in celebrity news. Originally launched as a monthly, its first issue was published in April 1993. OK! is the world's biggest celebrity lifestyle magazine, with more than 30 million readers worldwide, and now appears in 20 countries Heat is a British entertainment magazine published by German company Bauer Media Group. It is one of the biggest selling magazines in the UK and its mix of celebrity news, gossip, beauty advice and fashion is primarily aimed at women.It also features movie and music reviews, TV listings and major celebrity interviews.
  • 5.
    * Q isa popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. The magazine has an extensive review section, featuring: new releases, reissues, music compilations, film and live concert reviews, as well as radio and television reviews. It uses a star- rating system from one to five stars; indeed, the rating an album receives in Q is often added to print and television advertising for the album in the UK and Ireland. It also compiles a list of approximately eight albums, which it classes as the best new releases of the last three months. A new issue is released every month. Most of the magazine is devoted to interviews with popular musical artists and is well known for compiling lists e.g. “The 100 Greatest albums”. Usual features include the Q50, Where the magazine lists the top 50 essential tracks of the month; cash for questions, in which famous celeb/bands answer questions sent in by readers. The magazine has a close relationship with the Glastonbury Festival, producing both a free daily newspaper on site during the festival and a review magazine available at the end of the festival.