Questionnaire Results Part 2: Magazine

The following pie-charts look at what audiences want in a music magazine. If I want to create a successful magazine, then I need to know what people like and what people dislike. I have considered the amount of magazines purchased by audiences on a monthly basis, what people want to see in the magazine, and how they want the magazine to be presented.

All this will help me focus on what ought to be implemented into my final magazine, in order to appeal to the widest possible market.From my research, I can conclude that most people buy magazines on a monthly basis. This would make economically unwise to run anything other than a monthly publication at this point. When the magazine becomes established and secures a loyal readership following, then I could consider publishing more frequently.
A crucial part of designing a front cover of a magazine is knowing what persuades the most people to purchase it. Looking at the results, you can see that a bold cover is very important in attracting readers. Following closely, the artists featured are seen as a hugely important factor. Teasers as to what else is in the magazine are seen as persuasive also, but price and freebies are not seen as the primary reason for buying a magazine. After observation, the results of the genre question will affect the style of my cover and the artists featured.
There is a magazine to sit everyone's taste. From the feedback I recieved, Music is deemed to be the generally more purchased subject of magazines. This would confirm that a Music magazine is indeed lucrative and has potential for profit. However, cinema and videogame products are popular also, so perhaps the magazine could fit them in somewhere (in order to attract extra readers with wider interests). After all, most film and games have soundtracks which often comprise of contemporary music.
The above chart isn't too conclusive. Although Indie has the majority of the vote, it is becoming increasingly difficult to classify what exactly falls under the genre. Diversity is evident, as the rest of the genres are close together in percentage terms. I would say that Indie is composed of a recipe of 2 Rocks to every 1 Pop. This confirms that people like variety and wouldn't want a magazine to be to niche.
Now this is very conclusive. We are firmly in the digital age, so consequently we prefer visual information over text-based discourse. It is clear that a balance must be struck. Evidently, very few people want a text-heavy magazine with few pictures as that reduces the experience. 1 in 4 people would be happy to see equality for the text/image divide - this would confirm that text remains to an integral part of a magazine. But as depicted in the chart, a lot of people prefer to 'read' images than giant blocks of text. Therefore, I will produce a magazine with plenty of graphology, but ensure that the literary experience is just as enjoyable.