History of Magazines
Magazines have been around since 1731 and have moved forward with the times until they are as distinct as they are now. The gentlemans magazine is classed as the first magazine as it was a monthly edition, however the conventions of a magazine in 1731 are different from the conventions of a magazine now. The gentlemans magazine consisted of hand drawn images, no girls and bulks of copy. 1885 released a good housekeeping magazine aimed at women, the contents inside where mainly about how to keep your husband happy and being a good housewife, all typical jobs of the women in the time. then in 1897 Vogue released a magazine that has similar conventions as a magazine today, they included ladies but hand drawn, articles on royalty and the position of women in society. Marylyn which is aimed at women, first issue was released on the 1955 which included photos of celebrities and also included an article for how to get your man. Then womens lives changed when they started to be seen in different roles, Novas first issue in the 1960s changed with the times when women were seen as more than just a housewife, also the representation of women in magazines was that they were white, young, slim and had perfect skin and teeth, then in 1996 vogue released a magazine with a black model on the front for the first time, even though health and fitness magazines have been doing this for sometime, but it was just seen differently. Arena which was a general lifestyle magazine for men starred with men on the cover as women magazine starred with women on the cover, however they found out with a young, slim, beautiful girl on the front the circulation was a lot higher.
History of NME (New Musical Express)
So much has gone in between 1952-present within NME, they have done such things as change the whole style of the magazine and what genre they researching on and also the tone of the magazine as new writers came about. The NME in 1952 was a non-glossy tabloid style magazine which was owned by IPC (“IPC Media is the UK's leading consumer magazine and digital publisher”). When NME started off the journalists would write about Pop music and only be nice about the band and the artists, this is what their audience wanted. The first editor of NME, Morris Kinn was the first to feature a singles chart in his magazine. Throughout the 1960’s NME became massive with its circulation and its relationship with the bands was so close that nearly every band wanted to be in NME, However that all changed in 1969-1970 when the audience of NME became self aware teenagers and instead of soft drugs they all changed and went to hard drugs, this is where the peace and love of the 1960’s changed to hatred and violence, and as a result of this NME had to change for its audience and became harsh about bands and had a new spiky attitude which worked and won back its new audience. A new editor comes in, Alan Smith which gave the magazine a large circulation of 300,000 in 1973. As Well as a new editor there was a new influx of writers that wrote in a similar way as the americans magazine, ‘Rolling Stones’ which was LOUD, Fast and funny. Another big change in 1973 was that Nick Logan began as an Editor at age 26 and change the look of the magazine to a new hipper and questioning proposition, and this is also where the photographer penny smith used big images because they had crappy paper. 1976 Punk comes along and the magazine wanted to hire “2 Young Hip Gunslingers” to cover the punk scene, and then Journalists Julie Burchill and Tony Parsons joined and the changed the direction and tone of the paper single handedly, because when they reviewed bands they either really liked you or they hated you, there was never a common middle ground. Now NME was the only place to really find out about punk music, it wasn't in the papers or on TV and even at gigs you couldn't find out. Also NME where very contradictive, when burchill reviewed Stranglers song ‘Peaches on the Beaches’ she thought it was a really odd politically correct attitude, however on the other hand Generation X was too clean for NME. A new design for the magazine came along hen Neil Spencer became the new editor. Next the two “gunslingers’ Tony parsons and Julie Burchill moved out of the office but were still writing for the magazine, but with them out new talent was needed for the magazine. Next Nick Logan went to smash hits and the Face magazine to cover a new blooming romantic scene. and now NME was out of the music been left confused, they didn't know who to speak for and reader interest started to decline. NME had to change drastically again, so they became more political and intellectual with the style and writing, now you could learn more in NME that school would teach you, Philosophy and culture where being cover in the articles. They lost a lot of audience with their article of Youth Suicide, it was a very daring and audacious article, it did only have a very small audience however it did mean a lot to that small group of audience, it was a first as what other publication aimed at youth market could do this. Spencer left in the 1980’s after being there 7 years. Now Hip Hop came about and NME were caught in hip hop wars, was it hip hop or soul or rock, a lot of people thought hip hop was just a fad and it would fade, and there was a lot of questions being asked like why have a black artist on the cover ?, NME appeals to a white audience. A result of this around two thirds of their audience had left. IPC weren't impressed again with NME when they put Neil Kinnock on the cover (A British Politician), IPC have had enough and stepped in, took control and overnight the paper changed and lots of journalists decided to leave. IPC brought in Alan Lewis, a populist editor after higher circulation. T’Pau on cover which came from shropshire. Now over night NME is instantly nonpolitical, less ‘hip’ and more safe, Middle of Road (MOR). Morrissey was the only thing big in the 1980’s and NME would put him on the cover for any reason, the sales would be massive and NME loved it, however John harris put him on the cover and stated clearly that he was a fascist and morrissey decided not to speak to the magazine. And he didn't for 12 years until Conor Mcnochols wanted to get Morrissey back.
Throughout the Years NME has changed so much, they have pretty much been different magazines in the different periods and instead of folding like the other music magazines they decided to change and it worked everytime, NME HAD SURVIVED.
Magazines have been around since 1731 and have moved forward with the times until they are as distinct as they are now. The gentlemans magazine is classed as the first magazine as it was a monthly edition, however the conventions of a magazine in 1731 are different from the conventions of a magazine now. The gentlemans magazine consisted of hand drawn images, no girls and bulks of copy. 1885 released a good housekeeping magazine aimed at women, the contents inside where mainly about how to keep your husband happy and being a good housewife, all typical jobs of the women in the time. then in 1897 Vogue released a magazine that has similar conventions as a magazine today, they included ladies but hand drawn, articles on royalty and the position of women in society. Marylyn which is aimed at women, first issue was released on the 1955 which included photos of celebrities and also included an article for how to get your man. Then womens lives changed when they started to be seen in different roles, Novas first issue in the 1960s changed with the times when women were seen as more than just a housewife, also the representation of women in magazines was that they were white, young, slim and had perfect skin and teeth, then in 1996 vogue released a magazine with a black model on the front for the first time, even though health and fitness magazines have been doing this for sometime, but it was just seen differently. Arena which was a general lifestyle magazine for men starred with men on the cover as women magazine starred with women on the cover, however they found out with a young, slim, beautiful girl on the front the circulation was a lot higher.
History of NME (New Musical Express)
So much has gone in between 1952-present within NME, they have done such things as change the whole style of the magazine and what genre they researching on and also the tone of the magazine as new writers came about. The NME in 1952 was a non-glossy tabloid style magazine which was owned by IPC (“IPC Media is the UK's leading consumer magazine and digital publisher”). When NME started off the journalists would write about Pop music and only be nice about the band and the artists, this is what their audience wanted. The first editor of NME, Morris Kinn was the first to feature a singles chart in his magazine. Throughout the 1960’s NME became massive with its circulation and its relationship with the bands was so close that nearly every band wanted to be in NME, However that all changed in 1969-1970 when the audience of NME became self aware teenagers and instead of soft drugs they all changed and went to hard drugs, this is where the peace and love of the 1960’s changed to hatred and violence, and as a result of this NME had to change for its audience and became harsh about bands and had a new spiky attitude which worked and won back its new audience. A new editor comes in, Alan Smith which gave the magazine a large circulation of 300,000 in 1973. As Well as a new editor there was a new influx of writers that wrote in a similar way as the americans magazine, ‘Rolling Stones’ which was LOUD, Fast and funny. Another big change in 1973 was that Nick Logan began as an Editor at age 26 and change the look of the magazine to a new hipper and questioning proposition, and this is also where the photographer penny smith used big images because they had crappy paper. 1976 Punk comes along and the magazine wanted to hire “2 Young Hip Gunslingers” to cover the punk scene, and then Journalists Julie Burchill and Tony Parsons joined and the changed the direction and tone of the paper single handedly, because when they reviewed bands they either really liked you or they hated you, there was never a common middle ground. Now NME was the only place to really find out about punk music, it wasn't in the papers or on TV and even at gigs you couldn't find out. Also NME where very contradictive, when burchill reviewed Stranglers song ‘Peaches on the Beaches’ she thought it was a really odd politically correct attitude, however on the other hand Generation X was too clean for NME. A new design for the magazine came along hen Neil Spencer became the new editor. Next the two “gunslingers’ Tony parsons and Julie Burchill moved out of the office but were still writing for the magazine, but with them out new talent was needed for the magazine. Next Nick Logan went to smash hits and the Face magazine to cover a new blooming romantic scene. and now NME was out of the music been left confused, they didn't know who to speak for and reader interest started to decline. NME had to change drastically again, so they became more political and intellectual with the style and writing, now you could learn more in NME that school would teach you, Philosophy and culture where being cover in the articles. They lost a lot of audience with their article of Youth Suicide, it was a very daring and audacious article, it did only have a very small audience however it did mean a lot to that small group of audience, it was a first as what other publication aimed at youth market could do this. Spencer left in the 1980’s after being there 7 years. Now Hip Hop came about and NME were caught in hip hop wars, was it hip hop or soul or rock, a lot of people thought hip hop was just a fad and it would fade, and there was a lot of questions being asked like why have a black artist on the cover ?, NME appeals to a white audience. A result of this around two thirds of their audience had left. IPC weren't impressed again with NME when they put Neil Kinnock on the cover (A British Politician), IPC have had enough and stepped in, took control and overnight the paper changed and lots of journalists decided to leave. IPC brought in Alan Lewis, a populist editor after higher circulation. T’Pau on cover which came from shropshire. Now over night NME is instantly nonpolitical, less ‘hip’ and more safe, Middle of Road (MOR). Morrissey was the only thing big in the 1980’s and NME would put him on the cover for any reason, the sales would be massive and NME loved it, however John harris put him on the cover and stated clearly that he was a fascist and morrissey decided not to speak to the magazine. And he didn't for 12 years until Conor Mcnochols wanted to get Morrissey back.
Throughout the Years NME has changed so much, they have pretty much been different magazines in the different periods and instead of folding like the other music magazines they decided to change and it worked everytime, NME HAD SURVIVED.
