The Rolling Stone Magazine
The Rolling Stone
Magazine
The Rolling Stones is published every two weeks. It had been founded in San Francisco, California by Jann Wenner. The Rolling Stone was known for its
musical coverage and for political reporting. In the 1990’s the magazine had changed its format which would allow it to appeal to a younger generation. In the recent years the magazine has resumed its traditional mix of content. The
magazine also has political stories throughout it along with coverage of financial and banking issues. The Rolling Stone magazine covers all the
different genres of music as every two weeks when its published there are different images of different music artists who produce different genres of
music. For example they had Eminem on the front cover. Eminem’s genre of music is rap. However, Lana Del Rey had also featured on the Rolling Stone front cover and her genre of music is indie pop. Therefore, this conveys that the Rolling Stone magazine appeals to a wider mainstream audience as you
can tell from the different artists portrayed on the front cover each time of its release. As different images of different artists are put onto the front covers,
this represents a variety of groups depending on what genre of music they are interested in. Furthermore, the Rolling Stone magazine also have information on politics. This therefore indicates that a wider audience is brought in to this
magazine as their are other aspects of the magazine that other people are able to enjoy.
Some of the Rolling Stone’s pages
Here is an image of what is in the Rolling Stone magazine that I have chosen. This double page spread is about the artist Avicii celebrating his success. This would attract the audience that
are this artists fan. Also, the image used in this would attract the target audience as it shows
the lifestyle of this artist in the picture and the confidence and relaxed manner of him.
Here is another page of the Rolling Stone magazine I had chosen. It highlights certain events on a variety of artists which illustrates the idea that the Rolling Stone magazine aim to appeal to a mainstream audience as they include many different features and genres which would attract a
wider audience. This double page spread concerns information about music artists and celebrities and their
personal lives. This would be of an interest to most people as fans take an interest in celebrities personal life.