NME contents page:

Contents pages are there to help the reader and to attract the certain type of audience. A contents page usually has images on it to make the page more attractive and interesting. The image on a contents page in a music magazine is usually a photo of a band or singer, and there is usually an eyecatching sentence underneath to entice the reader and to get them to read the rest of the magazine. The image is usually representative of the certain target audience the magazine wants to attract. Some of the images on the contents page are there along with a certain story to entice the audience to read the story. Also on the contents page are tag lines, these are there because the tag lines are what attracts the reader and if the audience find the tag lines boring they will not buy the magazine. The tag lines are specifically chosen to relate to the magazines target audience. The target audience for NME is for people from 16+, so the tag lines have to be related to what goes on in the readers lives; and they have to be what they find interesting. Also on the contents page they have at the bottom an image to persuade the reader to subscribe to the magazine. This is there so the magazine can get more readers and by putting a discount on the image t will attract more readers as they will think it is a good offer. Everything on a contents page has been specifically designed to encourage the readers to read the rest of the magazine, as the contents page is what makes the reader want to buy the magazine.