• Magazines are now entering a new era in technology, with magazines having online sites as well as a new app for the IPhone called “Newsstand” in which you can purchase magazines and view them on your phone. Also the invention of the kindle and various tablets that resemble a magazine in a digital form like these are cutting of the magazine for newspapers and magazines being brought in a physical copy.

• There is a definite future for magazines online and digital

magazines, I think in fifty years time this will be only accessible way to access magazines. As society has became accustomed toViewing everything online because of the means of easy access and convenience.• Although I think people like the novelty of having a

physical magazine to hold rather than a it in digital form. The future for non digital magazines is small and it will soon become a novelty in a sense in which it will be different and unusual to have a physical magazine.

• Different people are accustomed to different forms of media.

• For example the audience for classical music would typically like to read a magazine or newspaper to revive their media, as they are stereotyped to be old fashioned. Although as a generalisation many people are used to techonogly and even the most unual audience such as this one.

• There is even a website for the classical magazine rinegold http://www.rhinegold.co.uk/magazines/classical_music/

• Most business men use smartphones such as IPhone's or blackberry's as the form of media, and they don’t conform to magazines as much as these, they prefer a digital form of media.

• People who like rock or hardcode music usually have a

As money and the financial state of the county and public determinates the need for magazines has become “ unnecessary” and a waste of their decreasing in come when the information found in them can be easily accessed online, which can be accessed free or charge, as they see their home internet as vital and much important and “cheaper” in the long run than buying various magazines.

Magazines are produced for a lower price with less quality printing paper also because of the economic crunch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWK6Wu-B1As

The market for music magazine’s. espaically in the rock and metal sector. “Future's Metal Hammer rose 0.1 per cent to just over 44,000 with Bauer-published Kerrang was neck and neck up 4.5 per cent.”

http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=47723

Although with the evidence I have received I would say that the market for magazines is on a decrease, Total per-issue circulation of UK magazines appears to have gone up slightly in the first six months of this year.

Uk Circulation figures this year ->

•As technological intelligence increases the broad spectrum of ways of advertising are increased, so adverts can become more interesting and eye catching for the consumer. I think the market for advertising is big and there is a big future for it. •Advertising is put across more on the internet as it is in any other form, this can be done for free on sites such a facebook and twitter.

• I think there is a future for magazines but only in some secretors and the future for physical printed magazines is not big, the futire for tablet and digital magazines is big and bright.

• I think the future of the music magazine industry is still bright as there is always new discoveries and new music being brought to the public’s attention. Music is a sector that will never be forgotten about as music has become a aspect of everyone day to day lives, it can control and settle emotions and can be the fixations of someone’s dreams

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lLjOIbCANQ ( the future of music, this corresponds to the future of music magazines. )

• To conclude i think that the future for the music industry is bases mostly online and will grown and prosper online, although if there is always a music industry and music fans there will always be a industry for music magazines.