MEDI@CHS

I have added quite a few new links to the music magazines page.

Here’s a list of the key British music magazines. You should check these out and try to establish some ideas about different audiences/sectors etc. The numbers are recent circulation figures and the % figure is the rise/fall of the circulation.

The Fly – 107,771 (2.4%) http://www.the-fly.co.uk/

Q – 103,017 (-21.6%) http://www.qthemusic.com/

Mojo – 100,507 (-5.4%) http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/

Uncut – 87,069 (-4.3%) http://www.uncut.co.uk/

RWD – 77,050 (131.6%) http://www.rwdmag.com/

Classic Rock – 70,188 (4.1%) http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/

Kerrang! – 52,272 (-32.1%) http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/

Metal Hammer – 50,269 (9.7%) http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/

New Musical Express – 48,459 (-24.3%) http://www.nme.com/home

BBC Music Magazine – 45,144 (-4.2%) http://www.bbcmusicmagazine.com/

Total Guitar – 42,171 (-13.4%) http://www.totalguitar.co.uk/

Classic FM – The Magazine – 35,751 (-13.7%) http://www.classicfm.co.uk/shop/classic-fm-magazine/

Gramophone – 34,628 (-5.9%) http://www.gramophone.co.uk/

Word Magazine – 34,280 (3.2%) http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/

mixmag – 30,159 (-15.8%) http://www.mixmag.net/

Rock Sound – 20,011 (-13.1%) http://www.rocksound.tv/magazine

Terrorizer – 13,786 (-7.8%) http://www.terrorizer.com/frontpage

The Wire http://www.thewire.co.uk/

Top of the Pops http://www.totpmag.com/

Clash http://www.clashmusic.com/

fRroots http://www.frootsmag.com/

Jazzwise http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/

Songlines http://www.songlines.co.uk/

The Observer Music Monthly http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/musicmonthly

I have revamped the pages for

AS TV Drama

A2 Postmodern Media

Also started to do a few things to:

AS Music Magazines

Please read them…

Here’s the Postmodernism Grid that you should be filling out for the various films. Remember, you will not be completing all sections for all of the films.

pomo grid

Save it into your own area or paste it into your blog and update it directly on your blog.

Thanks

http://thackshan.blogspot.com/2009/04/music-magazine_28.html

http://aejmcmagazine.bsu.edu/Testfolder/integratedcover.html

http://www.frankwbaker.com/magazines.htm

The best magazine covers of the year from The Guardian web site.

Here’s an example of high level magazine cover analysis so you can see how it’s done.

Semiotic Analysis of Teenage Magazine Front Covers by Sian Davies.