CASE STUDY

History Firmly focusing on key bands from the 1960s through early

1990s, it also includes articles and reviews of contemporary and upcoming artists it deems worthy of note. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_Rock_(magazine))

Set up in 1998 classic rocks first issue sold better than originally thought, featuring Guns N' Roses and articles written by mick wall.

Within the first year Classic rock featured bands such as -Black Sabbath. Iron Maiden and Aerosmith Currently publishes 13 issues a year.

Publisher

Future plc.A media company; in 2006, it was the sixth-largest in the United Kingdom. It publishes more than 150 magazines in fields such as video games, technology, automotive, music, cycling, films and photography.[1] Future is the official magazine company of all three major games console manufacturers.

A local British Publisher set up in Somerset in 1985 by Chris Anderson

Manly used for video game magazine

Distribution The distribution of classic rock magazine is world

wide. The use of E-Books through the kindle server has changed the era of books and magazines. Classic rock opened its online magazine in 2012 and broke many records on its first day. E-Books or E-magazines is the future for Magazines.

Distribution con. Classic rock is available in many big name news

agency's such as co-op WHSmiths Tesco and many more.

Classic rock can also be found in major music stores such as HMV and Wire. It is also available online.

Monthly subscriptions: Classic rock can be subscribed annually or

Monthly. This is a big seller in the US and UK as more people buy the magazine through subscriptions than online or in store.

Ideas in planningI am going to have a look at different styles of the magazine and do a break down of a cover to give me ideas of how I can use design and distribution to sell my magazine to my target audience.

With the ideas constructed I can start planning my own magazine cover contents and double page spread.

Brake down of Magazine CoverMain title: Use of the logo and font to classic rock

Sub-heading: an inside story with catchy intro

Free give away: a CD to make people buy magazine and to sell a type of music.

Main Picture: of a band to draws fans of band to buy magazine. Also inspires other bands to be front cover.

Award badge: a badge that symbolises something big in the magazine industry. They bigger the award the more people you attract to buy your magazine Artist Name: Big names can

inspire people to read further into story's making them want to buy again