Research and Planning: Publication Plan

Name: The name of my pop music magazine will be 'HOT IN POP'.


Price: I am going to price my magazine at a price of £2.00


Positioning Statement: My selling line will be 'the hottest source of everything pop'.


Distribution: I will distribute my magazine in supermarkets such as Asda and Tesco. I have a  very large number of target audience and therefore it is more sensible to sell it in supermarkets as they are obviously the most popular; it will be easy for my audience to access my magazine.


Frequency of Publication: Through my research I have found that most pop music magazines are sold weekly, and therefore, for realism purposes, I will do this also.


Rationale: The purpose of my magazine is to attract the readers attention so that they want to buy it weekly for the latest news, gossip, fashion and exclusives.


Style/Layout/Colour: My audience is young teenage girls, and therefore the colours will be light (pink, yellow, light green). However the layout will be semi-sophisticated as it is still a published magazine and has to look professional.


Regular Content: My regular content will include a weekly fashion tips, reviews of released music singles, tour dates and also a gossip article.


Featured Content: I will place competitions in this section, as the prizes will be spectacular and therefore rare so they will not be in my magazine weekly which is why they are featured. Also, I will have featured interviews with pop artists.