Existing Names...

Existing Names Type Of Music What It Might Suggest

The word pop highlights that the genre of this magazine is pop. Also the word top shows the reader that this magazine is the best out of all the other magazine as its is on top. It also shows that reader that the magazine is able to keep up with the music charts and give them information and tell them about new songs. The name Kerrang! sounds quite loud. This reflects the genre of the music magazine which is Rock/Indie. Rock music is quite loud and out there and the title shows this. Vibe is quite an urban word so this suites the magazine very well as it is an urban based magazine.

Institution

Top Of The Pops

Pop/Hip-Hop

BBC magazines

Kerrang!

Rock

Bauer Media Group

Vibe

Rnb, Rap (Urban)

InterMedia partners

Indie/Rock

It use to be called cue as in the cue to start singing but then people thought it the magazine was about snooker so they changed it to Q so people would know its a music magazine. Also they changed it to Q so the magazine would look more prominent on news stands.

Bauer Media Group