My initial brainstorm of ideas

Areas of thought to cover on the magazine industry:

• What is already around?


• What is popular in terms of music?


• What is popular in terms of magazines?


• What competition may I have?

Top Ten Music Magazines (www.guardian.co.uk/media)

1. Q


2. Mojo


3. The Fly


4. Uncut


5. Kerrang!


6. New Musical Express/NME


7. Classic Rock


8. Metal Hammer


9. Mixmag


10. Word

Here is my original brainstorm of ideas which I have scanned onto the computer.

So now I have established the potential competition my magazine may face, I need to now see what it is they have that makes them popular. They all focus mainly on rock and similiar genres which are obviously a type of genre the public wants to read about. It is common sense that the front cover of a magazine draws the readers in so I shall need to do some research on magazine layouts to establish what these features are that are so attractive.