What do Music magazines offer?Lizzy and Eloise

Q Front Cover Layout

• The colour scheme of this magazine is very minimalistic. • The colours used in the logo and text are red, black and

white and this is effective because it doesn’t distract from the main article’s image

• The Q logo is in the left hand corner and because the logo is so iconic the cover photo can overlap

History and Success

• Q magazine is a British music magazine that has been publishing every month since October 1986

• In June 2007 it had a circulation of 130,179• Between January and June 2010 there were 550,000

readers• The magazine was originally going to be called ‘Cue’,

like ‘cueing a record’ but the name was changed so t wouldn’t be mistaken for a snooker magazine

• Q magazine has been the UK’s best selling monthly usic magazine since its launch

What does Q offer?• Reviews and interviews with global artists are what Q

produce the most, not restricting to just UK artists• Q50 – top 50 essential tracks of the month• Cash for questions where the artist answer questions by

readers, and if their question is answered they win money• Although it is a music magazine, it also complies of

radio, television and film reviews• Quite often it give out promotional gifts such as CDs or

posters when the magazine is purchased

Rolling Stone Front Cover

• The Rolling Stone is more adult and ‘risqué’• Iconic logo often covered with front image as so well

known• They tend to stick to a red colour scheme• They cover image tends to have a plain background

Successes and History

• Founded in 1967 by Jann Wenner and Ralph J. Gleason• American based magazine• International editions in Argentina, Uruguay, Argentina,

Brazil, Bulgaria, China, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Spain and Turkey