vibe

· The target audience is between 15-24
· It is an R&B magazine
· The word ‘vibe’ is in red so it can catch the audience’s attention.
· ‘vibe’ has used a variety of colours for their title. This could be because it goes with the colour scheme of that particular magazine
· The magazine's target is predominantly young, urban followers of hip-hop culture.
· Vibe is a music and entertainment magazine founded by producer Quincy Jones.
· Featured segments included the back page list 20 Questions, the Boomshots column about reggae and Caribbean music by Rob Kenner, Revolutions music reviews and Vibe Confidential, a celebrity gossip column. Next profiled up-and-coming artists. The magazine also devoted several pages to photo spreads displaying high-end designer clothing as well as sportswear by urban labels such as Rocawear and Fubu.

kerrang

· The word Kerrang is used to explain the sound of a guitar being played loudly through amplifiers and would usually be used to explain a ‘rock’ style of music.

· The title is in capital letters and it also has an explanation mark at the end of the word to emphasise the word kerrang and trying to get the sense of being ‘loud’ across to the audience.

· The title is in black to appeal to a gothic/rock type audience

· The title has the effect of broken glass giving the feel of being reckless and care free.

· The target audience is 14-25

· Kerrang! was first published on 6 June 1981, edited by Geoff Barton

· During the 1980s and early 1990s the magazine placed many thrash and glam metal acts on the cover (like Mötley Crüe, Slayer, Bon Jovi, Metallica, Poison, Testament, Venom) but later discarded them when grunge acts such as Nirvana rose to fame.

· Readers often criticise the magazine for repeating this process every time a new musical trend becomes popular

development hell

Official website: http://www.developmenthell.co.uk/
Development hell is an independant media company based in islington. Development Hell is an independent media company that produces two monthly niche magazines.
· Mixmag
· The Word
The target audience for both of the magazines are adults,because of this Development Hell acquired Dontstayin.com, a social networking site for clubbing.

bbc magazines

Official website: http://www.bbcmagazines.com/
BBC magazines produce a wide range of magazines all audiences such as adults, teen, pre-teen and pre-school.

The adults magazines include:
-olive, good food, focus and top gear

The teen magazines include:
-top of the pops

The pre-teens magazines include:
-girl talk and all about animals

The pre-school magazines include:
-toybox,waybuloo and bob the builder.

bauer

Official website: http://www.bauer.co.uk/ or http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/
- Bella magazine in 1987 impact on the women's market
- Magazines, radio, TV, online and digital businesses
- 282 magazines in 15 countries
Some of the mainsteam titles include:
Heat FHM, Grazia Closer, Kerrang! Q
Some of the niche magazines are:
Modern Rail Pregnancy and Birth, Angling Times Bird Watching, Classic Cars Practical Photography

ipc media

IPC Media produces a range of 80 magazines both in the niche and mainstream category. Almost two in every three UK women and over 44% of men read an IPC magazine. That's almost 26 million UK adults.
Some of the mainstream magazines are:

• marie claire
• nuts
• look

Some of the niche magazines are:

• Ships Monthly House
• Railway Magazine
• Motor Caravan

jlo cosmopolitan

Jennifer head is covering quite a large part of the title showing that the magazine is well known and having Jennifer on the front cover will make the magazine more popular. Jennifer is wearing red dress which blends in with the backgroud of the front cover therefore this draws the audiences attention to the parts of her body thats showing.
The red, orange and yellow colour scheme makes are colours associated with fire so it gives her a firey look and makes the picture more bold and sexy.Her focus is directly towards the audience. The sub title ' his pleasure' suggest they are talking about jennifer also.Her hair is being blown back by wind which shows her whole face and shows off her shoulders and chest.This makes her more revealed and connected to the audience.