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Target Audience: My Music Magazine is aimed at young girls between 11 and 13. It is for girls who usually rely on their parents financially. They would use their pocket money to buy this magazine. They would have an interest in music, but more interested in the individual's lifestyle and image and they are heavily influenced by what they read. They would want to know the gossip about the individual over information about the music. This magazine is for girls that need role models to look up to. It is for readers that are confident in most aspects of life and have a wide group of friends however, they could sometimes use some advice to help them along. The reader will be interested in all aspects of music maybe starting to learn an instrument or getting involved in a school musical.

Form and Style: It will be an A4 colour magazine which contain celebrity interviews and gossip. Advice about beauty and how to look like their favourite girl singers. The colours will be very girly, like pink, purples and yellows. The colours will have to be bright to make the magazine eye catching. The cover lines will be about young female pop stars that are well known or attractive male pin ups from bands such as JLS. The writing will be a girly font for the front cover but will still make be a contemporary design. The front will be cluttered to give the idea that they are getting a good deal for their money. The magazine will sell for £2.00, which is cheaper than most rival teenage music magazines.

Themes and typical features: My magazine will have many regular features typical to that of a teen music magazine. Every issue will include a problem page where Lilly Allen writes back, there will be a page dedicated to starting out on a musical instrument (with music notes of popular songs), there will be a strong focus on attractive popular males and young inspirational females. My magazine will also round up the latest in the charts and feature the latest bands. Articles about popular bands and their lifestyle will be written as if talking to a friend. I will use language familiar to the target audience to make the magazine as useful and approachable as possible.

Potential advertisers: A range of brands will advertise in the magazine each week. These could include New Look, Sketchers, Mobile phone advertisements e.g. Carphone warehouse. Make-up brands e.g. Miss Sporty. HMV C.D, D.V.D and poster advertisement.

Editorial Team: The editorial team for my magazine will be made up of experienced writers and designers. My team will be made up of mostly females of different ages. However readers of the magazine will also be asked to contribute their own ideas. The aim of the team will to design fresh exciting ideas for each issue. They will have to make sure it is all relative to the target audience so that people keep buying the magazine.