Publication Plan

Title: Rock N Roll

Positioning Statement: Making Music Matter
Frequency of Publication: Monthly
Price: 2.20
Distribution: The magazine will be sold at newsagents and supermarkets.
Rationale: The magazine will feature popular and new artists/bands that will appeal to a variety of
people, who like different types of rock music.
Style: The language used will be informal as the magazine is aimed at 16 - 30 year olds.
Regular Content:

Rock News: Includes up to date news about a variety of different rock bands.
Reader Feedback: This will allow readers to interact with the magazine and air their views about
what they would like to see in future issues.
Live show reviews: This will be in the magazine as it would appeal to people who are not able to
attend gigs themselves, so they wont miss out.
Album Reviews: This will enable the audience to find new bands and artists.
Gig Guide: This will enable the audience to find a rundown of bands/artists that are performing at
the time. It will also include dates and times.
Interviews: They will feature exclusive interviews with popular artists/bands and also new upcoming
bands/ artists.
Posters: Posters will be used as an incentive to appeal to the target audience. For example, each
month will feature a different band.
New Releases: This feature will inform the audience about new album releases.
Band Merchandise: This will advertise band clothing, such as T-Shirts and hoodies.
Rock Star Test - This will feature a different artist each month.
Feature Content:
The making of a new album with Asking Alexandria
We hit the road with Bullet for My Valentine
Behind the scenes at an Against Me gig
Rage against the Machines upcoming tour
Slipknot An album in memory of Paul Grey
Black Veil Brides Is this the end?
Rise Againsts Charity campaigns
In the studio with fall out Boy
Dave Grohl reveals information about Kurt Cobains Death
Pierce the Veil team up with Sleeping with Sirens
PVRIS Hottest band of 2015
Is dub step the next big thing for Linkin Park
Neck Deep Upcoming tour
The Blackout upcoming tour

Avenged Sevenfold reveal plans for a new album

Within Temptation release a new live DVD
Inside the minds of Blitz Kids
Evanescences Amy Lee reveals new solo album
Rachel Riot Rocks Hottest New covers artist
Jessica Lucie Female solo artist to watch out for
House Style:
Masthead: The font will be Rocks Death as this font is relevant for the genre of magazine.
The size of the font will be 200as the masthead is the biggest font on the page.
Cover lines: The font for the cove lines will be Showcard Gothic as this font is appropriate
For the genre of magazine. The font size will be 65, but will be bold as they would need to
Stand out to the target audience.
Headlines: The font for the headlines will be Verdana, as it is a font that is easy to see and
Understand. The font size will be 150.
Stand First:
The font for the stand first will be Rockwell Extra Bold so that it will stand out from the other text
on the page. The text size will be 75.
First Paragraph Text: The font for the first paragraph text will be Adobe song SLD as this
will enable the target audience to identify this from the rest of the article. The font size will
be 20.
Main Body Text: The font for the main body text will be Courier New and the text size will be 15.
Colour Scheme: Red/Black/Grey