NME Magazine: Research

NME

The NME magazine was originally named the New Musical Express, shortened to its current state later on.

It was founded by Theodore-Lloyd Jones and first published in March 1952 as a music newspaper which then developed into a magazine. Nowadays, NME is one of the most popular music magazines and the online version, NME.com, is now the world's biggest standalone website. NME is now edited by Luke Lewis.

MAGAZINE COVER



NME issue 3rd week of 2013

The picture of Liam Gallagher is very large, effectively acting as the background.

The colours are bright, attracting potential reader.

The logo is slightly covered thus demonstrating that NME is very recognisable.

The fonts are very similar, the only changes being the colour and size.

There are only 4 colours on the cover, making the cover simple but effective.

Other stories within the magazine are shown in "snapshot" polaroid pictures with small captions.

The NME logo is the only part of the cover that is block red, meaning that it is the first thing the readers' eyes will travel to when glancing at the cover.




CONTENTS PAGE

DOUBLE PAGE SPREAD

The double page spread is taken up by the large picture of Florence Welch.

The use of three main colours are apparent again in the double page spreads.

Florence Welch is the main focus point of the double page spread.

The main text  is considerably smaller than the large titles.

The text is traditionally positioned and has a formal font which contrasts with the subject matter of the magazine and her costume.