Nme magazine presentationn

History of the magazine… • NME which stands for New Musical Express is a

popular music magazine in the United Kingdom.• The magazine has been published weekly since

March 1952 when its first issue was released.

Content of magazine …

• The magazine contains a number of articles, competitions, opportunities to get involved, gig dates, events, interviews and adverts for things such as album releases.

Success of NME …

• In the 1970s NME became the best-selling British music magazine.

• They feature top artists of their time such as the Beatles and The rolling stones.

• NME is so successful that it also hosts it own Award, Radio and TV shows.

Key Dates

• 1978 - The future editor of The Face, Neil Spencer, takes over. The paper takes on a political voice.

• 2004 - Conor McNicholas becomes the Editor. The paper is re-launched as a glossy magazine.

• 2008 - NME hosts its largest awards gig at the 02 Arena.

NME sales figures…

• 2004 the NME enjoyed a 5% boost, scoring some 73,640 sales per week!

• 2007 Sales fell 12.3 per cent to 64,033.

Target audience …

• NME has a Mass target audience of anyone interested in music!

• Gender, both

• Age, Late teen mid 30’s on average, but will vary!

Cost…

• For a music magazine NME is reasonably priced for the content, this means it will appeal mainly to working class.

• The magazine is on average at £2.30, however yearly subscriptions can be brought.

Plans for NME’s feature …

• NME currently has a website, mainly containing information about buying the magazine and advertisement.

• The website also has details of articles and current artists.

• In the feature we can expect the website to be expanded, containing more feature articles.

Thank you for watching by Tilly Norman