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Alternative pressAP Media Kit                

This is an American magazine published monthly with between 198 to 220 pages. Sold for £5.50

Alternative Press has a number of articles that appear in every issue, these are known as it's regular content. These articles are:- The AP Poll- In the Studio- AP&R (unsigned bands of the month)- Chalkboard Confessional", "Musician of the Month- My Favourite Gear- Next Exit- Gig Bag- 1000 Words- Beauty and the Band- 10 Essential

   The magazine also includes feature content, this is articles that are individual to each issue, they are one off occurrences and do not repeat in each months issue.

¬ An example of this would be in issue #305 there is an article called "HOLIDAY SHOPPING GUIDE"

Link to the magazine website: http://www.altpress.com/ 

Link to the publisher's (Alternative Press Magazine, Inc.) website: http://www.altpress.com/ 

NME - New Musical ExpressNME Media Kit

NME is a UK pop and rock magazine, which is published weekly. This is the world's longest running music magazine and it avaerages around 66 pages per issue.

It is sold at a price of £2.10 per issue.

New Musical Express has it's regular content, this includes categories of the contents being split into:

- News

- Radar

- Reviews

- Live!

Also included in every issue is "THE UK's No1 GIG GUIDE"

Then there is the section in every magazine which incudes each

Weeks individual articles, this is labelled:

"FEATURES"

Link to the magazine website: http://www.nme.com/

Link to the publisher's (IPC Media) website: http://www.ipcmedia.com/

 

Q MagazineQ Magazine Media Kit

Q Magazine is publuished monthly in the UK and averages 180 pages per issue.

It is sold for £3.90

It categorises it's contents page into "Feature" and "Regular" content for us.

This regular content being:

- Q-MAIL

- Q50 - the months best songs

- Subscriptions

- Crosswords

- Ten Commandments

- Review

Link to magazine website: http://www.qthemusic.com/

Link to the publisher's (Bauer Media Group) website: http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/

 

Kerrang!Kerrang! Media Kit 

Kerrang! is a UK based magazine that averages 65 pages per issue and is published weekly.

It is sold for £4.99.

Kerrang! has several regular content categories on it's contents page, these being:

- Feedback

- News

- Win

- Live Reviews

- Album Reviews

- Gig Guide

- The K! Quiz

It also includes a "FEATURES" section on every contents

page which lists the articles in that issue.

Link to magazine website: http://www.kerrang.com/

Link to publisher's (Bauer Media Group) website: http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/

 

Rolling StoneRolling Stone Media Kit

Rolling Stone is an American rock magazine that averages around 80/90 pages per issue and is published bi-weekly.

It is sold for £4.99

It has, as all magazines do, their regular content:

- Letters

- Rock and Roll

- Reviews

- Charts

- Q&A

It also has feature content, examples of these being:

- "Eminem's Road Back From Hell"

- "Phil Collins' Last Stand"

Link to the magazines website: http://www.rollingstone.com/

Link to the publisher's (Jann Wenner) website: http://www.jannswenner.com/

Classic RockClassic Rock Media Kit

It is a British music magazine that focus' on, as the title suggests, classic rock music. It is published monthly and averages 150 pages per issue.

It is sold for £4.99

Link to the magazine website: http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/

Link to the publisher's (TeamRock) website: http://www.teamrockradio.com/

It has a number of regular content articles, these being:

It also has feature articles in each issue, in issue 81:

- Communication Breakdown- The Dirt- The Stories Behind The Song- Access All Areas- Bad Wisdom- The Hard Stuff- Buyer's Guide- Radar- The Final Countdown

- Motley Crue- Money,. Money, Money- Jess Beck- Audioslave- Accept- System of a Down- Rory Galagher- Nine Inch Nails- The Raspberries

Hit Parader Hit Parader Media Kit

An American magazine that focused on hard rock and heavy metal music from 1942 - 1991. It was a monthly publication and averaged at about 80 pages per issue.

I was sold at the price of $1.95

Link to magazine website: http://www.hitparader.com/

Regular content, content that appeared in every issue, that the magazine included was:

The magazine often include bands and artists such as the following, feature content:

- Song lyrics- Album reviews- Interviews- Fan mail- Trivia on popular rock acts- Reader polls. 

- Led Zeppelin- The Rolling Stones- Elton John- David Bowie- Blue Öyster Cult- The Kinks- Three Dog Night- The Who

Magnet MagazineMagnet Magazine Media Kit

It is an American magazine that is about alternative music. It is published monthly.

Regular content for magnet magazine includes things such as:

- Up-and-coming indie bands 

- Expositions of various music scenes- Artists within a construct

Feature content is then articles within these categories, such as:

- TX psychedelic rock scene 

- The New York City "Illbient" scene 

- The history of power pop

- The Cleveland avant-punk scene of the 1970s                                  

- The Minneapolis college-rock scene of the 80's                                      

- The California "Paisley Underground" bands- The resurgence of the Shoegaze movement

Link to magazine website: http://www.magnetmagazine.com/

Link to the publishers website: http://www.redflagmedia.com/aboutUs.htm

Rock SoundA British rock magazine that is published monthly, with an average of 120 pages per issue.

Regular content includes articles such as:

- Round up

- Corey Taylor's column

- Music with attitude

- Studio reports

- Smash and Grab

- Gig guide

Some examples of the feature content Rock Sound includes are:

- Out there: Towers of London

- Bands in vans: 65 days of static                                                                          

- Judas Priest

- Sound advice: Tokya Dragons

Link to magazine website: http://www.rocksound.tv/

Publishers: Freeway Press Inc