Media: Section B Institutions & Audiences part 1

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  • Created on: 04-05-17 09:21
Kerrang is a..
UK based magazine and brand
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It was conceived in..
the year of 1981
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Kerrang focuses on..
the genre of heavy metal and rock music
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Its weekly updates provide..
news, gig details, article and reviews
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Kerrang is owned by..
the Bauer Media institution who owns magazines such as Mojo
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Target audience?
late teens/early 20s and 60% a=male and 40% female
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Featured artists?
Green Day and Metallica
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Kerrang means..
a sound of a power cord on an electric guitar
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One key issue with Kerrang is..
media ownership, they have been owned by companies
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Companies such as..
EMAP then sold to BAUER in February 2008
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Another key issue is that..
Kerrang needs to work on its marketing, exchange and cross media convergence
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Marketing
getting your product known
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Cross media convergence
the use of multi platforms (within a brand)
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Also Kerrang is not..
keeping its audience up to date by offering other forms of media
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Therefore Kerrang needs to..
proliferate
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Proliferation
rapid increase in the amount of something
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In 2008..
ABC figures showed that K!'s sales were decreasing by 30% from 75%
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This meant that kerrang needs it improve on..
its synergy, marketing and cross media convergence =a sure way to tempt the audience into participating
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Changes?
Ppl that are listening to music are threatening to wear down the financial viability
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The magazine keeps its audience informed in many ways..
using its unique selling points and brand credibility = produces exciting content & genre specific info
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This means that..
offering a wide variety = keeps the audience interested
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Digital convergence gave K!..
a chance to reach a larger target audience = the web TV, radio to keep its audience informed
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Cross media convergence
the use of multi platforms
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Synergy
multi brands coming together to make bigger profits
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These two both expands K!'s..
fan base and target audience
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The K! App can..
access the magazine and receive notifications on the latest events and music updates
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This is beneficial as it keeps their readers..
up to date, creating larger fan base by have a great spread across many forms of media
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A larger fan base =
a larger sales profit
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K! and who synergize?
Guitar Hero
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This improves their..
brand credibility and gets distributed
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Distribution
getting their product out to the audience
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Ownership
people behind the money
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Institutions
companies
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the year of 1981

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It was conceived in..

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the genre of heavy metal and rock music

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news, gig details, article and reviews

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the Bauer Media institution who owns magazines such as Mojo

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