By Hannah Edwards

Who are the target audience for the

magazine?• I think this magazine is aimed at men around about the

ages of 20 -30 though David Bowie is on the front cover

as the main feature so I don’t know if it has a older

audience to.

• I think this magazine will appeal to people who like rock,

alternative and indie music.

Who actually owns the magazine and do

they own any others?

• The founder of NME is Theodore Ingham.

• But the magazine is owned by the company IPC media.

• They own several other magazines including:• InStyle

• Look

• Country life

• Horse and Hound

• Teen Now

• Wallpaper

• Cycling sport

• Volksworld

• Ideal Home

• Uncut

• Chat

• TV times

Who is the Editor of the magazine? Is

there an editorial note in the magazine?

• The editor of the

magazine is a man

named Mike Williams.

• He has been the editor

of NME from June

2012 – present.

What are the recent sales figures for the

magazine?• The sales of

NME are

pretty poor

compared to

other music

magazines.

They have

experienced

a large drop

in sales since

their release

in 1952.

How is the magazine distributed?

• NME distributes it self in shops and online with an official

website. You can also subscribe on your mobile to get

digital version of the magazine on your phone.

NME‘s official website

What is the house style of the magazine?

• The house style is normally using stencilled bold fonts for

important headings, bold think fonts of less important

headings and a smart straight fount for the bodies of text.

• The titles and sub titles are often in a different coloured

box to stand out and although each page might have

different colours on them the colours are the same for that

page.

What sections appear on the contents

page?• There are three columns that make up the contents page

the first holds the ‘Regulars’ e.g. things that appear in

every issue so fans of the magazine can look to stop their

favourite sections in the magazine.

• The second columns has ‘Features’ and these are things

exclusive to this issue of the magazine for example

posters and a feature on David Bowie.

• The third has a band list that shows all the bands and

artists featured in this issue of NME all in alphabetical

order with the page number/s you can find them on.

What is the cover feature?

• The cover feature is a

10 page article on

David Bowie on his life

and his top 40 tracks

according to this

magazine.

They had this picture on the cover of

the magazine.

How is the double page spread for the

cover feature formatted? Does it break

with the house style at all?• For the double page feature we have the title in a

rounded bold font which is very different from the

house style.

• The picture of the right hand page has a red back

ground also breaks away from the house style as

nowhere else in the magazine do they have a page

entirely dedicated to a picture (expect from the free

posters)

• The text is in a Calibri (Body) fount which is not the

same to the other block texts in the magazine.