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UTask – 5 – Research into similar music magazine on which you could base your magazine. Map out possible ideas for your music magazine including names, possible musical genres and ideas for articles. The genre of music I am looking to base my magazine on is R&B/HipHop.

General background information about vibe from Wikipedia which I felt were important for this task: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibe_ (magazine)

Vibe is a music and entertainment HmagazineH founded by producer HQuincy JonesH. The publication predominantly features HR&BH and Hhip-hop musicH artists, actors and other entertainers. After shutting down production in summer 2009, Vibe was purchased by the private equity investment fund HInterMedia PartnersH and is now issued quarterly with double covers, with a larger online presence, aided by the Vibe LifeStyle Network, a group of entertainment/music websites under the Vibe brand. The magazine's target demographic is predominantly young, urban followers of hip-hop culture.

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UHistory

Quincy Jones launched Vibe in 1993. Miller Publishing bought Vibe in 1996, and shortly afterward bought HSpinH. The Hprivate equityH group HThe Wicks Group of CompaniesH bought the magazine in 2006. On June 30, 2009, it was announced that Vibe was shuttinits doors and ceasing publication immediately, although according to HEssenceH, Quincy Jones has stated he would like to keep it alivonline. After shutting down, private equity investment fund HInterMedia PartnersH, HLPH bought Vibe Magazine.

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UCovers

Vibe Magazine was known for the creative direction of their covers. Trio, HTLCH were photographed for the cover in firefighters' gear, referencing the fact that member HLeft EyeH burned down the house of then-boyfriend and HNFLH star HAndre RisonH. The first non-photograph cover of Vibe was an illustration of late singer HAaliyahH by well known artist/illustrator Alvaro; this was HAaliyahH's very first appearance on the cover as well. Other famous cover subjects are HBrandyH, HSnoop DoggH, HMariah CareyH, HBeyoncéH, HAmerieH, HJenniferLopezH, HKeyshia ColeH, HJanet JacksonH, HLil WayneH, HThe FugeesH,HEminemH, HT.I.H, HR. KellyH, HMichael JacksonH; All of these artists are involved in the music genre of either Rnb or Hip-Hop.

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Featured segments included the back page list 20 Questions, the Boomshots column about HreggaeH and HCaribbean musicH by Rob Kenner, Revolutions music reviews and Vibe Confidential, a celebrity gossip column. Next profiled up-and-coming artists. The magazine also devoted several pages to photo spreads displaying high-end designer clothing as well as sportswear by urban labels such as HRocawearH and HFubuH.

Vibe made a consistent effort to feature models of all ethnicities in these pages. Former editor Emil Wilbikin was frequently credited with styling those pages and keeping fashion in the forefront of the magazine's identity during the early 2000s. Many clothing brands created or linked to hip-hop celebrities, such as Sean Combs' HSean JohnH, Nelly's HApple BottomsH and HG-UnitH by H50 CentH found plenty of exposure in Vibe's pages. It also contained "The Vibe 100: The Juiciest People, Places and Things of the Year."

UWebsite

http://www.vibe.com/

Features:

• Advertisements • News • Videos • Music & Movies • Photos • Blogs • Culture Page • Masthead – General News • Similar companies vibe have partnered with • Slogan • Subscribe

Stories:

• Amy Whinehouse’s ‘Lioness Hidden Treasures’ is available today!

• Machine gun Kelly inspires wheelchair bound fan to walk • Tamala Jones talks her struggle with Brain Aneurysm • New Mixtape: Nick Cannon ‘Child of The Corn’ • ‘Pariah’ is a must see movie – What’s your coming out Story?

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Image search on Google of Vibe magazine covers.

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UAnother Magazine I could base my magazine on:

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General background information about ‘Billborad’ from Wikipedia which I felt were important for this task: HUhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)U

Billboard is a weekly American HmagazineH devoted to the HmusicH industry, and is one of the oldest Htrade magazinesH in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized Hmusic chartsH

that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis. The two most notable charts are the HBillboard Hot 100H, which ranks the top 100 songs regardless of genre and is based on physical sales, digital sales and radio airplay; and the HBillboard 200H, the corresponding chart for HalbumH sales.

UHistory

Billboard was founded in HCincinnatiH on November 1, 1894, by William h. Donaldson and James Hennegan. Within a few years of its founding, it began to carry news of outdoor amusements, a major consumer of billboard space. Eventually Billboard became the paper of record for HcircusesH, HcarnivalsH, Hamusement parksH, HfairsH, HvaudevilleH, HminstrelsH, HwhaleH shows and other live entertainment. The magazine began coverage of Hmotion picturesH in 1909 and of HradioH in the 1920s. At the start of 1961, The Billboard was renamed Billboard Music Week. The publication was now devoted almost entirely to the Hmusic industryH, with some coverage of coin-operated vending and entertainment machines on its jukebox pages. The title was changed to simply Billboard at the start of 1963. In 2005, the magazine and its web sites were repositioned to provide coverage of all forms of digital and mobile entertainment. Shortly after then its frequency of publication was reduced to monthly, and it finally ceased publication following its May 2006 issue. Billboard is headquartered in New York with bureaus in Los Angeles and Miami, and has editorial correspondents in major cities around the globe.

UCovers

The covers of the magazine range, the only convention they all include is the way the masthead is created. The magazine as I have proved by the 6 covers they include people from all different genre of music. However they are all people that have been high up in the chart music, they are also well known in the music industry with Billboard’s target audience. Billboard describes its reader’s as unique, also describing the people on the magazine front covers as unique.

Such people as Rihanna, Beyonce and Adele have had over 17 number ones between them, proving that Billboard is a chart based magazine.

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Most of bill boards covers feature artists from the genre: R&B, Pop or Hip-Hop mainly based around the urban society. There house style is very colourful and the backgrounds are most of the time one colour.

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In most of the Billboard issues the content is the same. Including charts such as: ‘Hot 100’ ‘Billboard 200’ ‘digital songs’ and ‘radio songs’. The types of genres it covers is RnB, country, rock, latin, pup, dance and Hip Hop and uncharted music. It includes the latest music news and new track/mixtape/album releases. It includes certain cover stories such as “Amy Whinehouse’s final collection for Fred Perry released”

UBillboard Website - http://www.billboard.com/#/

UFeatures:

Advertisements Music News Videos Music & Movies Photos Blogs Culture Page Masthead Subscribe Playlist Charts Polls

UStories

Korn Gets Radical in Video Track-by-Track

Korn breaks down their dubstep-inspired new album, "The Path of Totality" - and takes on the U.S. government - in our latest video track-by-track.

0BThirty Seconds to Mars Live Q&A

Jared, Shannon and Tomo of Thirty Seconds to Mars came to Billboard for a live chat with fans 12/5: the eve of their record-breaking concert in NYC.

1B2012 Rock Hall Inductees Announced

The Beastie Boys, Guns N' Roses and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers are among the artists who will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame next year. See the entire list of honourees.

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Image Research on Google of Billboard covers:

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