Tuesday, 1 December 2009

Planning-Original Publication Plan

Task ten

Title: Bling

Positioning statement: The UK’s first R’n’B magazine

Frequency of publication: Monthly

Price: £3.20

Distribution: Newsagents, supermarkets and music shops

Rationale: R’n’B magazine for the UK. It will cover British and American artists. All articles and regular content are what the people want to know about

Style: Relaxed and informal style. The magazine is for all R’n’B fans so will use a limited range of vocabulary that everyone can understand and simple sentence structure.


Regular Content

  • Your R’n’B - Fans Letters
  • Gig guides
  • N-dubz monthly column
  • puzzles and competitions
  • Celeb for a day – Coverage of a day in the life of a celebrity ( celebrity will change each issue)
  • Final Beat – inside back page question and answer with an R’n’B celebrity fan (the celebrity fan each month will change)
  • For the record – With an artist in a recording studio (artist will change with each issue)

Feature Content

  • West Coast VS East Coast – who won?
  • Stars on the rise - new artists to look out for
  • Beyonce and Jay Z- the most powerful couple in R’n’B today
  • Can Cheryl (Cole) go it alone?
  • Guns and gangsters – Does rap influence violence
  • Rapping wars – Best MC’s to date
  • Just beat it – Best dancers in R’n’B
  • 10 years on - best music from this decade
  • Bootylicous – the biggest women in R’n’B
  • P Diddy - The story behind his fame
  • Tupac and Biggie
  • Young soul rebels – Can music solve all?
  • Whitney Houston – The true price of fame
  • Tagged – The best art around
  • A life in pictures and music – Michael Jackson ( regular feature celebrity will change each issue)
  • Icons - The icons of the generations
  • Hip Hop or R’n’B? – You decide

House Style

Coverlines: Arial Black

Headlines: Berlin Sans FB Demi Bold

Standfirst: Berlin Sans FB Demi 14pt

Captions: Berlin Sans FB Demi 8pt

Features first paragraph: A drop capital Arial Black Bold 7 lines deep and then first two lines in bold

News first paragraph:

Body Text: Times New Roman 11pt

Colour Scheme: Purple, Blue and White

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