Researching the market place

I have conducted research into 2 different existing country music magazines. The two other country music magazines I have chosen are competitors with my magazine I have chosen, and they are all part of the same genre of music.

MaverickThe price of this country music magazine ‘Maverick’ is £4.50. The frequency of publication of ‘Maverick’ is once a month. The regular content that appears in this music magazine is interviews, festival highlights and DVD/CD reviews.

Country Weekly The price of this country weekly magazine is £2.26. The frequency of publication of this magazine is weekly. The issue size of country weekly is usually around 60 pages. The regular content of this magazine are questions, puzzles, quizzes, reviews, star sats, star style and many more.

UC – Up CountryThe price of the up country magazine is £3.00. The frequency of publication is every month. The issue size of the up country magazine is 66 pages. The regular content in the magazine is news, top 10 albums and singles, top 10 dances, gig guide and class listings, BJ’s country Beats, Stuart Cameron’s Hot disc, Album reviews and postbag.