Research task: Music magazines

Music magazine research

NME (New Musical Express)

NME is a music magazine published in the United Kingdom, it has been published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980's. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart. The NME magazines genre is indie/rock alternative. The magazine is owned by the company IPC. NME's target audience is ages 16-19. An online version of NME, NME.COM, was launched in 1996. It is now the world's biggest standalone music site, with over 7 million users per month.  It was initially published in a non-glossy tabloid format on standard newsprint. On 14 November 1952, taking its cue from the U.S. magazine Billboard, it created the first UK singles chart, a list of the Top Twelve best selling singles. 

Kerrang 

Kerrang is a UK based magazine published by Bauer Media Group. It was first published on 6 June 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds newspaper. Named after the onomatopoeic word that derives from the sound made when playing a power chord on an electric guitar, Kerrang! was initially devoted to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and the rise of hard rock acts. In the early 2000s it became the best-selling British music newspaper. The genre is Scremo/Rock/alternative rock. the target audience is anyone who like that style of music from age of 16+. Initially it was a one-time supplement in the Sounds newspaper, which focused on the New Wave of British Heavy Metal phenomenon and on the rise of other hard rock acts.