Music magazine

This week i started my music magazine. I went on Google and analysed the top music magazines to see what ideas I could get for my magazine. 

Like this well known best selling music magazine called "XXL". This is an urban/rap magazine which publishes a new edition every week. As u can see on this cover, the Masthead is pretty small and yet stands out as it is in a red box. There isn't many strap lines either on the cover which maybe suggests the artists the magazine get to pose on the cover are ultimately selling it. The main negative of this would be that not all the targeted audience will like the the artist on the cover which will probably mean that the sales will be up and down every week. On this cover the image covers the masthead which means that the audience will probably know the magazine anyway as it is popular and that the magazine can afford to block part of the masthead. 

Whereas on this cover of "the source" there are many strap lines aswell and a big image to attract the audience. Judging by the image on the cover of this magazine I would say this is a very rap/thug music related magazine as the rapper on the cover has various tattoos and is holding a gun to himself. Adding to this the fact that the strap lines are in red and bold. Red is said to be the colour of danger.