2. About the magazine...
NME music magazine started being printed in
March 1952 and ever since then it has been
printed weekly. It started out as a newspaper and
then gradually turned into magazine print. It was
the first British paper which included the charts.
NME now has an online internet website which
began in 1996 and it now has over 5 millions users
per month. NME also hold there own music
awards, the winners are nominated by the readers
of the magazine.
3. Who owns NME...
The company that owns the magazine NME
is owned by IPC media. IPC media produce
over 60 media brands. 26 million adults in
the UK read the magazines which are
produced by IPC media and over 20 million
users use there website each month. IPC
media produce NME magazine along with
many others which are well known such as
country life, horse and hound, look, now
and chat. IPC media have 3 main
audiences for the media that they produce
and these are mass marketing women, up
market women and men.
4. The company IPC media are well known for the
print media that they produce. This is because they
print various different magazines which are
targeted at all different audiences. IPC media
produce over 60 brands. These brands include the
big well known names such are Marie
Claire, nuts, now, look, TV times, ideal home and
pick me up.
5. The company…
I would describe the company IPC media as being a
mainstream company, this is because they produce a
number of magazines which are well known to the
public. Also they produce weekly magazines which
means that they must be selling there magazines on
a large scale. The total circulation of the magazine
between January 2010 and June 2010 was 33,875.
6. British?
I would consider the magazine to be British because
it is a popular British publication. Also the writers of
the magazine are British and these are Tony Parsons
and Julie Burchill. The magazine editor is Krissi
Murison who is also British. This means that the
magazine will have a very British feel to it. The
magazine includes the British weekly charts.
7. Other relevant info…
NME have an online website which gives all of the
information which is in the magazine and more
information about upcoming bands, the website link
is http://www.nme.com/. The NME awards show is
also a popular award ceremony which is held every
year. As well as this NME sponsor a music tour every
year.
8. Audience…
The target audience for NME magazine would be
both male and female. This is because it is a more
gender equal magazine and it is not biased towards a
certain gender. NME also have a wider range of
music genres included in it rather than a specific
genre. NME is also a very popular magazine, it is
popular with young people because of the up to date
music that it includes. NME try to target there
audience in both male and females and they target
younger people rather than older people.
