Magazine genre research

     This blog post is about discovering the type of magazine I would like to produce. Based on research, several thousand automotive magazines are sold a day, and the most suggested magazines to read are those discussing brand-new cars, their latest models, and why that model is better than the rest. The possible target audience for these magazines is previous car owners, racers, automatics, or new car owners. However, the main reason people purchase magazines like this is that most people cannot buy expensive cars or race cars and read these magazines to comprehend what makes these cars so expensive and what makes them so different. Another genre that car enthusiasts or new car owners may be interested in is car magazines focused on buying or selling cars. This genre of magazines piques the interest of those new to cars, with suggestions for the best first car to buy and why that vehicle should be of peak interest. However, when people buy a new car, they need to learn how to manage it, so they might watch a tutorial or buy a magazine explaining the best tips and tricks on how to take care of their brand-new car and how to do simple things, such as an oil change. The reason a magazine might be more interesting for these suggestions is that you can keep and remember that magazine for when you need to recall tricks for fixing your brand-new car.       

The colors on these magazines are bright and eye-catching to the viewer. The Masthead on these magazines mostly involves the word "Car" because of the topic of the magazine, but also as a reminder of what the magazine genres will revolve around. The gross pay of most of these Motorsports magazines is about 19.61 million dollars, which means plenty of people are still interested in buying magazines like such. The amount of magazine readers online for Motorsports is around 21,154, while the print version is around 19,985. Based on these measurements, most people are invested in online magazine subscriptions rather than print subscriptions, so this means I should create an online magazine about vehicles, with a bold masthead involving cars, and bold colors to grab the viewers attention.