Magazine Analysis

What Music Magazines are published in the UK?

Music magazines were very prolific in the United Kingdom, with the NME (short for New Musical Express) leading sales since its first issue in 1952. NME had a longstanding rival in Melody Maker, an even older publication that had existed since 1926; however, by 2001, falling circulation and the rise of internet music sites caused the Melody Maker to be absorbed into its old rival and cease publishing. Several other British magazines such as Select and Sounds also folded between 1990 and 2000. Current UK music magazines include Q, Kerrang! and Mojo (all published by EMAP).Magazines with a focus on pop music rather than rock and aimed at a younger market include the now-defunct Smash Hits and the BBC's Top of the Pops, which outlived the television show on which it was based.

MixmagEditor: Nick Decosemo

Categories: Music magazine

Frequency: Monthly

Circulation: 20,053 (1 January 2011 – 31 December 2011)

Year founded: 1983; 32 years ago

First issue: 1 February 1983; 32 years ago

Company: Development Hell Ltd (since 2005)

Based in: London, England, United Kingdom

Language: English

Website: mixmag.net

OCLC number: 780074556

"I wanted to open a void and create a new world for people to get into, a visual and musical experience," he says. "Our plan was always to make dance music and

slowly expand from there.“ Jimmy Edgar – Mission Statement

MojoEditor-in-Chief: Phil Alexander

Categories: Music magazine

Frequency: Monthly

Total circulation: (June 2013) 79,345

First issue: November 1993

Company: Bauer

Country: United Kingdom

Based in: London

Language: English

At MOJO we cover the good stuff. Our award-winning editorial team prides itself in delivering a magazine that is

packed with insight, passion, and revelatory encounters with the greatest musicians of all-time, be they established

or emerging musicians. The magazine is loved by its readers and artists alike because it engages them on the subject they love the most: music itself. Mojo Magazine –

Mission Statement

Kerrang!Editor: James McMahon

Frequency: Weekly

Publisher: Bauer Media Group

Total circulation: (June 2013) 30,300

Founder: Alan Lewis

First issue: 6 June 1981

Country: United Kingdom

Based in: London

Language: English

Kerrang! will ensure that we are constantly appealing to or spectrum of readers. From the younger teenager

readers who are more open to different genres of rock music – from emo to thrash etc, to the readers who

respect Kerrang! as an authority when it comes to our scene’s heritage bands. Each issue will include a

balance of bands and scenes to guarantee that we’re providing for our readers’ need for variety and their

passionate appetite for their favourite bands as well as their desire to be introduced to new music within our

world. Kerrang! Magazine – Mission Statement