The music magazine market

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This shows a lot of the magazines that have inspired me to create one of this genre, however this will be my competition in the music magazine market so I have done some research into them so that if my music magazine 'Clash' was to go out onto the market it would be unique and stand out from the others therefore I need to know the positives and negatives of each.

NME

Price: £2.20

Circulation per issue: 23,924

Frequency: weekly

The New Musical Express, popularly known by initialism NME, created by Theodore Smythson, is a music journalism publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, in the 14 November 1952 edition. In the 1970s it became the best-selling British music newspaper

Rock sound

Price: £3.99

Circulation per issue: 15,005

Frequency: monthly

Rock Sound is a British magazine which champions rock music. The magazine aims at being more "underground" and less commercial, while also giving coverage to more well-known acts. It generally focuses on the pop, punk, pop-punk, emo, hardcore, post-hardcore, heavy metal and extreme metal genres of rock music, rarely covering indie rock music at all. The tag-line "For those who like their music loud, extreme and non-conformist" is sometimes used.

 

Q

Price: £3.99

Circulation per issue: 58,980

Frequency: monthly

Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology. Q was first published by the EMAP media group in October 1986, setting itself apart from much of the other music press with monthly production and higher standards of photography and printing. In the early years, the magazine was sub-titled "The modern guide to music and more". 

Kerrang!

Price: £2.20

Circulation per issue: 42,007

Frequency: Weekly

Kerrang! is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group. It was first published on 6 June 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Soundsnewspaper. Named after the onomatopoeic word that derives from the sound made when playing a power chord on a distorted electric guitar, Kerrang! was initially devoted to theNew Wave of British Heavy Metal and the rise of hard rock acts. In the early 2000s it became the best-selling British music newspaper

Alternative Press

Price: $5.99 /  £3.76

Circulation per issue: 280,000

Frequency: Monthly

Alternative press - or, Alt Press for short - is an American music magazine based in Ohio. It generally provides readers with band interviews, photos, information on upcoming releases, and music charts. It was founded in 1985 by Mike Shea. At the time of its 20th anniversary in 2005, AP had grown to an average size of 112 pages per issue and now averages between 198 to 220+ pages a month. The magazine's monthly columns include "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", and "10 Essential." 

Classic Rock

Price: £5.50

Circulation per issue: 71,242

Frequency: Monthly

Classic Rock is a British magazine dedicated to the radio format of classic rock published by Team Rock. Although 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. Despite starting as an on-off project it has become one of the UK's best selling music magazines.  In September 2010 it published its 150th issue and now has a higher circulation than the NME Magazine.