Research in accordance to MIGRAIN!

NME Magazine:

M- The medium is a magazine.

I- The ideologies of NME; gonzo journalism, punk rock, youthful teenager lifestyle, gigs and live festivals. Also it is the longest published and respected weekly published music magazine.

G- Punk Rock/ Indie.

R- The idea of more individual and unique music, not everything is mainstream within this magazine.

A- I found this from a published atricle about NME, which i simply print screened and cropped.

(http://microsites.nme.com/php/mediapack/pdf/nme_media_information_full.pdf)

I- NME was first published in 1952, after the Musical Express and Accordion Weekly was bought by a London music promoter and merged the two together as New Musical Express. it was initially published in a standard paper tabloid format on standard newsprint, in November that year NME created the first UK Singles chart.

N- The Narrative of NME itself is pretty predictable, their is always the logo at the left hand corner and the artists are usually pale with indie/rebellious clothing examples are shown below. The contents page always stays the same, and so do most of the double page spreads.

Examples:

*Cover-line fonts are the same.

*"NME" is in the same place.

*Barcode is over the right side.

*Further hooks are placed on the left side.

*Band names say centre.

*Both shots are mid close ups.