Audience is fans of popular music and artists. They like to find out what's happening with people like Pete Doherty that always seem to be in the news for doing something wrong. This intruiges the audience and people end up buying the magazine. The photo is just a picture taken from a standard camera, not anything glossy. The cover star is mentioned only by his first name, which implies that he is a regular star in the magazine. NME is more rock than Q is, but they are quite similar. The text is big and the cover is taken up mostly by one main headline and bullet points on the same story. There is one feature at the top of the page and some brief news at the bottom, but no other stories apart from that.
They've got a massively popular cover star which shows that their magazine is respected. It also says that it's 'The UK's Biggest Music Magazine', which shows that a lot of people buy it and it has a big audience. The photo is from a photo shoot which is more professional than a camera-phone shot from a fan. This also implies that they got an interview with Michael Jackson, which portrays them as a god magazine. The font and colour of the text is simple and easy to read. The bands that are mentioned are all rock bands, so the audience is definite. There's a medium-sized headline, and it is nearly the same size as some of the features. The features are all laid out together on the right-hand side of the cover, but are not all the same size. The magazine logo is bigger than any of the features, which shows the importance of the brand name.
Big cover star shows the magazine is popular. All the features are about R&B and Hip-Hop stars, so it show the genre of music that the magazine is about. The colours are quite relaxed, and the cover is laid out well. The font is simple and easy to read. Also talks about films as it mentions 'Notorious'. This is mentioned as it is a film about hip-hop music, so it still regards the same genre of music as the magazine involves. The cover star takes up most of the page, and also covers mot of the masthead, which infers that the magazine is quite a big brand as the name can afford to be covered up. There are quite a lot of features that surround the image, but there is only one that is related to it. The cover is all the same sort of colour scheme, and the layout looks quite modern with different sized words and offset text.
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