NME music magazine
The New Musical Express (better known as the NME) is a popular music publication in the United Kingdom, published weekly since March 1952. It started as a music newspaper, and gradually moved toward a magazine format during the 1980s, changing from newsprint in 1998. It was the first British paper to include a singles chart, in the 14 November 1952 edition. In the 1970s it became the best-selling British music newspaper. During the period 1972 to 1976 it was particularly associated with gonzo journalism, then became closely associated with punk rock through the writing of Tony Parsons and Julie Burchill. The editor of the magazine is Krissi Murison.
NME covers a wide variety of music such as rock and roll, punk rock, indie, R'n'B, rap and many more.
For every edition they bring out they sell up to 34,000 copies and that’s the actual magazine, they also have a radio station and an online website where you can read the latest interviews and articles. The magazine targets many audiences its a punk rock magazine and targets the punk rock generation but also targets musical lovers of the world.
Kerrang!
Kerrang! Is a UK-based magazine devoted to rock music published by Bauer Media Group, It was first published on June 6, 1981 as a one-off supplement in the Sounds Newspaper. Named after the onomatopoeic word that derives from the sound made when playing a power chord on an electric guitar, Kerrang! Was initially devoted to the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and the rise of hard rock acts. In the early 2000s it became the best-selling British music newspaper. Its editor is James McMahon and their circulation for every edition is around 44,000, which doesn’t include the music channel they have, the radio station, and Twitter and Facebook accounts they use to promote themselves. The target audience is heavy rock and metal genres this type of music is running throughout the magazine.
Smash Hits
Smash Hits was a pop music based magazine, aimed at teenagers and young adults and originally published in the United Kingdom by EMAP. It ran from 1978 to 2006 and was issued fortnightly for most of that time. The name survives as a brand for a related spin-off digital television channel, digital radio station, and website which have survived the demise of the printed magazine. Smash Hits was founded in 1978 by Nick Logan, who had previously edited the New Musical Express during one of its most creative periods and went on to create '80s fashion bible The Face.
