Anaylsis of X Magazine.

X Magazine is a new magazine that was launched in Septemeber 2010, which focuses on X Factor and other Pop artists. It is aimed at X Factor fans, mainly girls 14-18 year olds. I feel this magazine is a big influence to mine because alot of the artists that are in the chrats at the moment have been on X Factor as a special guest or as a contestant. We also have similar target audience.
'X' magazine is a big competitor and i think the masthead is something that helps the magazine sell. fans of the X Factor won't be looking at the contents before they buy it, they will simply see that it's about X Factor and automatically buy it. I wouldn't say the masthead was an influence to my magazine.

The magagzine was published in the UK by Fremantle Media.
It is a weekly magazine and costs £1.95.
X Factor is a magazine, website and also a popular television programme.
Font size and choice of colour:
The Masthead is more a symbol than font. I think it is clearly showing that it is a magazine focusing on X Factor. The size of font for the main cover line, it is alot bigger than the rest because it is accompanies the central dominant image.
The Content: Most of the content is about the finalists on the X Factor and it has interviews with them but also it has interviews with other artists that are in the charts at the moment or if they have been a special guest on the X Factor.
Images: Some of ther images are staged but they also include action shot images of the contestants getting their make up done.