magazine content analysis

When we were first strating to look into music magazine's we produced a quick content analysis, i found this earlier within my media file and thought i would upload it. the essay is below:

Magazine contents analysis


The magazine I am analysing is NME music magazine. I will consider how front covers and contents pages attract the readers.
The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a popular music magazine in the United Kingdom which has been published weekly since March 1952. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart which first appeared in the 14 November 1952 edition. The magazine's commercial heyday was during the 1970s when it became the best-selling British music magazine. During the period 1972 to 1976 it was particularly associated with Gonzo journalism, then became closely associated with Punk rock through the writing of Tony Parsons and Julie Burchill.
The front cover of nme includes the magazine heading which Is always in a fixed location, its bright bold colors and font stay the same every issue helping towards their brand identity.
The front cover includes the first starts of articles within the magazine to try and tempt the reader to read the rest.
The bright and bold advertisement in the front cover shows the reader they could win something within the magazine therefore the prospect of winning something tempts the reader to read more inside the magazine to find out how they could win this is called a call out.
It has an extended column inch as the column is wide and more than one inch deep. This is used to attract the audience more and trys grabbing the audiences attention.