Wednesday, 19 March 2014

Q Magazine Initial Information & Research

Q Magazine: Textual Analysis from Namita Khade

Q is a popular music magazine published monthly by Bauer Media Group in the UK. It's first issue was published in October, 1986 with a cost of £3.59 per monthly issue.http://www.isubscribe.co.uk/Q-Magazine-Subscription.cfm] The magazine was originally to be called Cue- which is inspired by the process of 'cueing' a record to play, however, it sounded too much like a snooker based magazine, in result of this the magazine was simply called Q as it is straightforward yet memorable.

Q was launched through Emap publishing in 1986. Emap accelerated its magazine launch programme and established a near monopoly of monthly music magazines in the late 1980s, including Q the publishing company additionally launched Mojo (1993) and Mixmag. The Emap triumvirate of editor Mark Ellen, editorial director David Hepworth and art director Andy Cowles was behind this launch. In his first issue note, Mark Ellen wrote: 'Magazines tend to bracket people by taste, or what they assume that taste to be. This is a magazine that doesn't, but still brings you a wide range of news, comment, interviews and insight. We don't presume to know what you like but we hope you like this.'Paul McCartney was the subject for the first Q interview, setting the tone for the magazine. In September 2001, Emap Performance Network announced it was to launch a masthead TV show based on Q. The show will be called QTV and Radio Q will be broadcast 24 hours a day, seven days a week across north London. starting in October.


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