Music Magazine Genre Research

MOJO Magazine

• Debuted on news stands in Britain in 1993
• The first story was about the complex relationship between Bob Dylan and John Lennon
• Ever since the magazine has basically been about all time greats, legends of music and recommended new music of quality and integrity
• The magazine is about the classics of now and tomorrow
• It essentially explores what made music great and the type of music nowadays that is similar to that
• MOJO has been online since 2001

Rolling Stones Magazine

• Bi-weekly magazine that reports on music, pop culture and even politics
• It was founded in 1967 by Jann Wenner, who was a former student at the University of California and Ralph Gleason who was a Jazz critic for a San Fransisco newspaper
• The first issue came out Nov 9th 1967 with John Lennon on the cover
• The magazine was originally a Rock and Pop magazine and help to define trends within the genres. 
• The covers usually featured up and coming musicians such as The Beatles, Bob Dylan and Madonna. It also featured significant actors, writers and politicians such as Jack Nicholson, Susan Sontag and Bill Clinton

NME Magazine

• Launched in 1952
• NME or New Musical Express is a world known and influential weekly music magazine
• They created the first UK singles chart
• They hosted the Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Kinks at live shows
• Brought Punk into the wider world
• They brought light to artists such as Jimi Hendrix, Sex Pistols, The Cure, The Stone Roses, Nirvana, Blur, Oasis and the Arctic Monkeys
• Throughout their time as a magazine they covered a variety of stories:
• The break up of the Beatles
• The death of Elvis 
• The Sex Pistols
• They also covered the death of Kurt Cobain
• Today NME cover different types of agendas such as the growth of Dubstep, Indie music and Indie rock.

Billboard

• Founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegen
• It became about entertainment in the 1900's
• In the 1920's after Donaldson's death the magazine went on to primarily focus on Music especially as they were trying to compete with Variety
• The magazine's brand is built upon it's exclusive charts and reporting ont he latest news, issues and trends across all genres of Music
• They don't just focus on the music and artists themselves but also on the technology surrounding them

Vibe

• Vibe was launched in 1993 in partnership with Time.Inc
• It is an American Music and Entertainment magazine however it predominantly features R&B and hip-hop music artists