Fiona Drake AS Media

The idea was for my music magazine to look as professional as possible, and i wanted it to look like i could imagine seeing it on a newsstand. After looking at my finished preliminary task i decided that it was a good base to build upon, as I could see many areas that I could improve on, so this gave me ideas of...

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In order to make my magazine look professional, it was vital that I used the right editing software. However, first I needed to use technology to ensure I had the components for my magazine. To begin with, I used a Lumix G6 to take my photos with. I used this camera to make sure that the picture were good quality and focused properly....

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As my magazine is aimed at a niche audience but has a high potential to gain quite a lot of secondary readers, I think it is hard to decide what type of publisher would publish my magazine. As it is designed for a niche audience but is a genre that is of interest for many people it is quite difficult to place, as...

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Attracting your audience is incredibly important, as if devices you have used are not correct you could find yourself attracting  completely different audience, who won’t be the people you initially intended the magazine to be for. This can effect money in particular. If the magazine design and writing style is not what the target audience expect, then they are unlikely to repurchase. Also,...

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Conventions of magazines are somewhat gradual as they get more and more refined through layers being targeted towards certain groups. For example, conventions from magazine to magazine will be the same (to have a masthead, etc) but conventions of music magazines will be more specific, and conventions of a rock magazine would be even more niche. House Style Having a house style is...

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Demographics Gender: Female Age: 29 Socio-economic status: ABC1 Religion: Atheist Education: Grammar School, BA in Law Occupation: Lawyer Income: £39,000 Status: Dating, middle class. Nationality: British Psychographics Emma is a law graduate who works as a junior lawyer for a top London law firm. She graduated from Kings College with a degree in Law, and went on to the job of her dreams....

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To ensure my magazine would be appealing and suited to my audience, I did a survey around people of my target audience (people aged 16-30) My chosen genre is classical/pop crossover, so bands like clean bandit or music that has heavy influences from classical instruments. Even if a pop song is played mainly on a classical instrument it is still applicable to the...

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Choosing the name of a media outlet is incredibly difficult. Not only does it need to be catchy and stay in the readers mind, but it needs to be a word that has the potential to become an entire brand. The majority of magazine names end up becoming a defining word to describe someone who fits the typical target market of the magazine....

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Publishing in the UK is dominated mainly by two large companies, Bauer Media and Time Inc UK. Any form of text that is published is usually produced and regulated by a publisher. Bauer Media Bauer Media is a branch of the Bauer Media Group, a large media group which manages more than 600 magazines, over 400 digital products and 50 radio and TV...

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BETH – “No, they’re probably not as popular as the used to be, but I have faith that people will carry on buying them, in particular middle aged, ABC1 males who enjoy collecting literature that is appropriate to the music that they enjoy. AMY – “Yes definitely, I have never seen anyone with a music magazine nor have I ever purchased one myself....

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"Most authoritative and valued audience research in use for print and digital advertising trading in Britain" What is it and how does it help? The NRS is a tool which allows stakeholders of magazines and various other publishing to view the demographics and facts about their readers. This can be invaluable, as through learning about the average reader of their magazine, publishers can...

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