CLASSIC ROCK MAGAZINE ANALYSIS
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Classic Rock- is a monthly magazine which provides it's audience with a many information about classic rock and ionic photos. The magazine is seen by people who really into classic rock music.
Classic Rock is a British successful magazine published by Future Publishing. The company has been present since 1985, and is based in the UK, and situated in London on Balcombe Street. This publishing company also publishes ‘Metal Hammer’ and ‘Guitar World’ magazine. Classic Rock mainly focuses on well-known bands from the 1960’s up until the 1990’s, but it also includes reviews and articles on upcoming and present artists. This magazine also creates issues known as tributes, which are dedicated towards artists such as Jimmy Hendrix.It is one of UK’s well selling magazines. Recently, it published its 150th issue and now has a higher circulation than the magazine named NME. The genre of this magazine is rock as you can tell from the masthead being ‘Classic Rock’. This magazine consists of one hundred and forty-eight pages. 80% of the magazine is editorial, leaving the remaining 20% as advertising.
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