Full Magazine Analysis
Billboard Billboard is the worlds premier publication and has served the entertainment business since 1894. It is published by the American entertainment publishing company Prometheus Global Media which was previously known as e5 Global media. Billboard.com is billboards consumer-facing internet arm, which attracts more than 4 million unique visitors each month in more than 100 countries. Billboard is distinguished as being amongst the oldest trade magazines in the world. Billboard firstly focused on bill posting and outdoor amusements before specialising in the music industry in the 1960s. Billboard was founded in Cincinnati by William H Donaldson and James Hennegan. Originally titled billboard advertising as it was a trade paper for the bill posting. Within several years of the establishment of the company, it began to carry news of outdoor amusements and major consumer of billboard space. Eventually billboard became the paper of record for circuses, carnivals, amusement parks, fairs, whale shows and much more entertainment show. The magazine first began coverage of motion pictures in 1909 and then moved onto radio in 1920s. Billboard now stands today to be amongst the oldest trade magazine. Billboard have a variation of who they target there magazines for. It varies from 16-26, billboard go from charts to gossip magazines therefore its targeted from young teens to young adults. Billboard cover a wide range of genes therefore it widens the target audience. In addition billboard have simplistic covers which create the image of a mature audience. Billboard does not overload the reader on their covers with images and text. Billboard also do gossip magazines and live covers therefore it suggests into more depth about the mature targeted audience. Billboard currently is based in New York City. Billboard maintains several internationally recognised record charts which track the most popular songs and albums across the globe. Its primary charts are billboard Hot 100 and billboard 200. Billboard is published weekly. Billboard also offers the option of sharing on a wide range of social media sites. Not to mention the new app this enables you to check out the weekly charts. Here shows just one of the magazines produced by billboard: