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2. Alternative press
AP Media Kit
This is an American magazine published monthly with between 198 to 220 pages. Sold for £5.50
Alternative Press has a number of articles that appear in every issue, these are known as it's regular
content. These articles are:
- The AP Poll
- In the Studio
- AP&R (unsigned bands of the month)
- Chalkboard Confessional", "Musician of the Month
- My Favourite Gear
- Next Exit
- Gig Bag
- 1000 Words
- Beauty and the Band
- 10 Essential
The magazine also includes feature content, this is articles that are individual to each issue, they
are one off occurrences and do not repeat in each months issue.
¬ An example of this would be in issue #305 there is an article called "HOLIDAY SHOPPING GUIDE"
Link to the magazine website: http://www.altpress.com/
Link to the publisher's (Alternative Press Magazine, Inc.) website: http://www.altpress.com/

3. NME - New Musical Express
NME Media Kit
NME is a UK pop and rock magazine, which is published weekly. This is the world's longest
running music magazine and it avaerages around 66 pages per issue.
It is sold at a price of £2.10 per issue.
New Musical Express has it's regular content, this includes categories of the contents being
split into:
- News
- Radar
- Reviews
- Live!
Also included in every issue is "THE UK's No1 GIG GUIDE"
Then there is the section in every magazine which incudes each
Weeks individual articles, this is labelled:
"FEATURES"
Link to the magazine website: http://www.nme.com/
Link to the publisher's (IPC Media) website: http://www.ipcmedia.com/

4. Q Magazine
Q Magazine Media Kit
Q Magazine is publuished monthly in the UK and averages 180 pages per issue.
It is sold for £3.90
It categorises it's contents page into "Feature" and "Regular" content for us.
This regular content being:
- Q-MAIL
- Q50 - the months best songs
- Subscriptions
- Crosswords
- Ten Commandments
- Review

Link to magazine website: http://www.qthemusic.com/
Link to the publisher's (Bauer Media Group) website: http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/

5. Kerrang!
Kerrang! Media Kit
Kerrang! is a UK based magazine that averages 65 pages per issue and is published weekly.
It is sold for £4.99.
Kerrang! has several regular content categories on it's contents page, these being:
- Feedback
- News
- Win
- Live Reviews
- Album Reviews
- Gig Guide
- The K! Quiz
It also includes a "FEATURES" section on every contents
page which lists the articles in that issue.
Link to magazine website: http://www.kerrang.com/
Link to publisher's (Bauer Media Group) website: http://www.bauermedia.co.uk/

6. Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone Media Kit
Rolling Stone is an American rock magazine that averages around 80/90 pages per issue and
is published bi-weekly.
It is sold for £4.99
It has, as all magazines do, their regular content:
- Letters
- Rock and Roll
- Reviews
- Charts
- Q&A
It also has feature content, examples of these being:
- "Eminem's Road Back From Hell"
- "Phil Collins' Last Stand"
Link to the magazines website: http://www.rollingstone.com/
Link to the publisher's (Jann Wenner) website: http://www.jannswenner.com/

7. Classic Rock
Classic Rock Media Kit
It is a British music magazine that focus' on, as the title suggests, classic rock music. It is published
monthly and averages 150 pages per issue.
It is sold for £4.99
Link to the magazine website: http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/
Link to the publisher's (TeamRock) website: http://www.teamrockradio.com/
It has a number of regular content
articles, these being:
It also has feature articles
in each issue, in issue 81:
- Communication Breakdown
- The Dirt
- The Stories Behind The Song
- Access All Areas
- Bad Wisdom
- The Hard Stuff
- Buyer's Guide
- Radar
- The Final Countdown
- Motley Crue
- Money,. Money, Money
- Jess Beck
- Audioslave
- Accept
- System of a Down
- Rory Galagher
- Nine Inch Nails
- The Raspberries

8. Hit Parader
Hit Parader Media Kit
An American magazine that focused on hard rock and heavy metal music from 1942 - 1991. It was a
monthly publication and averaged at about 80 pages per issue.
I was sold at the price of $1.95
Link to magazine website: http://www.hitparader.com/
Regular content, content that
appeared in every issue, that the
magazine included was:
The magazine often
include bands and
artists such as the
following, feature
content:
- Song lyrics
- Album reviews
- Interviews
- Fan mail
- Trivia on popular rock acts
- Reader polls.
- Led Zeppelin
- The Rolling Stones
- Elton John
- David Bowie
- Blue Öyster Cult
- The Kinks
- Three Dog Night
- The Who

9. Magnet Magazine
Magnet Magazine Media Kit
It is an American magazine that is about alternative music. It is published monthly.
Regular content for magnet magazine includes things such as:
- Up-and-coming indie bands
- Expositions of various music scenes
- Artists within a construct
Feature content is then articles within these categories, such as:
- TX psychedelic rock scene
- The New York City "Illbient" scene
- The history of power pop
- The Cleveland avant-punk scene of the 1970s
- The Minneapolis college-rock scene of the 80's
- The California "Paisley Underground" bands
- The resurgence of the Shoegaze movement
Link to magazine website: http://www.magnetmagazine.com/
Link to the publishers website: http://www.redflagmedia.com/aboutUs.htm

10. Rock Sound
A British rock magazine that is published monthly, with an average of 120 pages per issue.
Regular content includes articles such as:
- Round up
- Corey Taylor's column
- Music with attitude
- Studio reports
- Smash and Grab
- Gig guide
Some examples of the feature content Rock Sound includes are:
- Out there: Towers of London
- Bands in vans: 65 days of static
- Judas Priest
- Sound advice: Tokya Dragons
Link to magazine website: http://www.rocksound.tv/
Publishers: Freeway Press Inc