Music Magazine research

My music magazine is aimed at younger people aged around (12-17). I wanted to target audiences slightly older than what Top of the Pops target audeince is - because i think there is a gap in the market for a chart music magazine for young to older teens - specifying in chart music. so I looked up magazines of a similar style, one of which is Smash Hits, which stopped publishing in 2006, leaving a gap in the market for a mixed gender music magazine. My aim is to create a music magazine



Smash Hits:

   

Smash Hits, which became less focused on Teenpop and more of an Entertainment magazine
in the 1990s the magazine's circulation slumped and it was overtaken by the BBC's spin off magazine Top Of The Pops. You can see in the pictures above how it has developed and changed over the years.


Features

• Top 10 predictor
• Free stuff
• Your stories
• Our favourite tunes at the moment

Top Of The Pops:


Top of the Pops magazine is a monthly glossy publication published by BBC Magazines. It features chart information, star gossip, fashion and beauty advice, quizzes, song lyrics and posters. It is a supplementary magazine for the TV show Top of the Pops.

The magazine was launched in February 1995, and is famous for giving the famous girl group the Spice Girls their nicknames. Alongside a revamp of the TV show. It was originally marketed as the missing link between Smash Hits and NME, but its format was gradually changed, with less music content and a demographic shift to young girls. It is still in publication despite the cancellation of the TV show.

Features

• Oops, Shameful Celeb Slip Ups - The magazine picks the funniest celebrity pictures and associates them with a witty quote
• Your Oops - Readers send in the most shameful stories
• Gossip 2 Go - The month's hottest celebrity gossip
• Shayne's World - The X Factor series 2 winner Shayne Ward takes us over what goes on in his world
• Don't Miss - The magazine picks some of the hottest films, TV programmes and games, plus the latest single reviews by a random celebrity.
• Top Of The Shops - The magazine picks out some of the hottest bargains, where you can buy them, and their price
• Real Life - The magazine draws our attention to situations that happen in the real world
• The Surgery - Originally called Star Therapy, this was hosted by a random celebrity who tries to sort out readers' problems. Along with the name change, the section is now hosted by BBC Radio 1's Aled and BBC Slink's Dr Mel.
• Your Letters - Hosted by Dick and Dom who take a look at some of our readers' gossip about stars, clothes or just real life situations.

Frequency: Monthly
Pages: 88
Price: £2.20

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