Front cover analysis - Rolling Stone

This front cover is very simple yet sophisticated, which is how I want my magazine to be seen as.
There is only one image on the whole of the cover, which dominates and instantly catches the audience’s attention. It once again covers the main title of the magazine showing the importance of the image and the success of the magazine company. The image is of the four glamorous girls from the show ‘The Hills’ so would not only attract the fans of the show and the girls who class them as role models, but also a male audience since they are all attractive females wearing quite revealing clothing. So the target audience for this magazine is for both genders from the age of 17-30, interested in a lot of different genres and aspects of music.
Adding to the stylish front cover is the plain and simple black, white and grey trio colour scheme. Not only does this please both genders reading this magazine but just gives a classy finish to the magazine. The white background makes the black text written on top of it stand out.
The script like font keeps the tasteful look that this magazine is known for, keeping it formal yet not too strict. The articles written on the front yet again please both sexes, as although men may be attracted to the girls on the cover – they perhaps may not care too much if they hate each other. Whereas the tagline ‘OMG! Do they totally hate each other?’ would really attract the female audience as they would be interested in the bitching and gossip that the magazine article has. However, the female audience may not so much want to know about a ‘£25,000-a-night Escort service’ which would attract the male attention.
The graphology this magazine used is how I would like to base my magazine. The simple but sophisticated look would really be beneficial to my target audience which is going to be similar to this magazine, being late teens to early thirties.