The Treatment of my magazine

The magazine

Target Readership: It is aimed at teenagers, mainly between the age of 16 and 20 who are interested in rock music. They are usually males, but there is something in the magazine for female readers as well. At this age they can become rebellious and may teenagers of the day like rock music, or more lively music. Also, they are usually also starting to move away from home, so they are not controlled by their parents and can usually do what they want, such as go to concerts. This is why this magazine in mainly based around bands and future concerts. It can also provide advice about how to stay safe at concerts, and which new and upcoming bands may be worth going to see. It is therefore aimed at more daring and adventurous people who want to get the most out of life while they are still young and have the chance. The parents of the readers will fit into a C1/C2 socioeconomic grouping but as it is aimed at older teenagers they may not be relying as much on their parents. It is mainly going to be based on new bands but there may be things about older bands in it.

Form and Style: It is an A4 colour magazine, although they are dark colours to fit in with the rock theme. It contains information about famous bands and also new ones. The cover images are of bands, usually young ones the same age as the readers, to appeal and give motivation to them. The magazine will be sold at £2 , which is an average price for a teenage magazine, and making it affordable to all economic groupings. In contrast to the colour the cover lines show that it is a lively magazine containing lots of things. They are the brightest colours on the cover.

Themes and Typical features: It has many features typical to a rock magazine. Every issue includes many articles about famous bands, or a new and upcoming band. There is always a competition and a poster. Also, there are reviews about new albums, and sometimes little bits of gossip about singers and songwriters, this part may mainly be aimed at female readers. Many of the articles will be fairly informal, considering the age range it is aimed at. The writers will use language familiar to the target audience to make the magazine more interesting.

Potential Advertisers: There aren’t any regular advertisers but the bands interviewed may advertise their works in the magazine each week. Also, ticket sellers for concerts such as the Internet sellers “seetickets” will occasionally advertise.

Editorial Team: The editorial team will be experienced writer and designers, but also some contributors from band managers who can edit and advise. Most of the team will be quite young so they will have more of an idea of the kind of music that will attract people.