KEY STATSMale: 70%Female 30%Median age: 25Student 35%ABC1: 57%Circulation: 29,020Readership: 266,000NME.com Unique Users: 1,996,458

The NME audience have a strongrelationship with NME andcompletely trust the brand:- “I can trust it”- “Its full of facts that weshould all know but don’tBUT we do now thanks toNME”

“NME IS DAMN HONEST”-NME reader.

INFLUENTIAL & IN THE KNOWThe NME audience are very influential intheir social circles and are twice as likely asthe average to be the first amongst theirfriends to know what is going on

MUSICNot surprisingly the NME audience arecompletely obsessed by music.Reader research has demonstrated thatthey rely on the editorial and the ads to keepthem up to date with new music. Thisknowledge then makes them the authority inmusic in their peer group

IPC INSPIRE is the publishing company

IPC Inspire is IPC's men's division. Its portfolio of 38 brands covers a huge spectrum of interests and includes famous names from Country Life and The Field to Nuts and NME.

There genres include:• COUNTRY• SHOOTING• EQUESTRIAN• MARINE• SPORT• MEN'S LIFESTYLE• MUSIC• CYCLING• DECANTER• PHOTOGRAPHY

This is targeted for music lovers. The magazine has done this by the big bold writing of ‘muse’. Which will draws readers in

It has free poster’s and prizes you can win

Clear picture of the band.

This magazine is colourful and has snippets telling something’s that is in the magazine

Smaller picture. This makes the magazine a bit more interesting which will attract the readers

The masthead NME is large, bold and red, however parts of the main picture covers some of the masthead. This tell you that this magazine Is well- known and is recognised.

This magazine includes all the conventions of a front cover including:

• Masthead • Cover line• Eyebrows• Barcode• Storylines• Adverts• Main image

The UK’s most influential brands

The Bauer Media Group (Bauer Verlagsgruppe) is a large German publishing company based in Hamburg.

Worldwide circulation of Bauer Media Group's magazine titles amounts to 38 million magazines a week.

Bauer Media is a division of the Bauer Media Group, Europe’s largest privately owned publishing Group. The Group is a worldwide media empire offering over 300 magazines in 15 countries, as well as online, TV and radio stations. Bauer Media joined the Bauer Media Group in January 2008 following acquisition of Emap plc’sconsumer and specialist magazines, radio, TV, online and digital businesses. Collectively, the Group employs some 6,400 people.

Bauer Media owns more than eighty influential media brands spanning a wide range of interests, including heat, GRAZIA, Closer, MCN, FHM, Parkers, MATCH, Magic 105.4, Kiss 100, Kerrang and Q“Our business is built on millions of personal relationships with engaged readers and listeners. We connect audiences with compelling content, whenever, wherever, and however they want. Our unique insight allows us to work closely with our customers to develop innovative solutions that create a difference to their business”.

Main image as Katy Perry. Because Katy Perry is a very popular pop/rock artist it would appeal to her fans. She is in the centre of the page and her body is posed in a very sexual way. This would also appeal to the male gender

Quotes from Katy Perry

Bar code with price and date. £4.50 tells you the magazine is for a higher class because it is quite expensive for a magazine and it is of a high quality

Big masthead of Q in white surrounded by red. It is on the left hand side. This tell you the magazine is very well known

Cover lines. Gives you a preview of what is going to be inside the magazine