When discussing the popularity of music magazines during a media lesson, the point was brought up that music magazines are starting to die out. I personally feel as though all magazines are starting to die out. This is shown by the fact that magazines are no longer being printed but they are now online for people to read.
When visiting my local super market I was only able to find 4 different music magazines on sale. One of which had a free CD inside, this was also mentioned during the media lesson as U2 gave out there album to everyone for free on iTunes. This is due to the fact people are no longer going out and buying CDs (hence why it is being given out for free) as people will listen to it as they have it and may like it. This may then lead to more people going to see them on tour, so even though they have given there music away for free they will still be earning money due to there being a rise in concert tickets being sold. The reason as to why people are no longer buying music is due to the fact apps like spotify which allow people to listen to a rang of different music, you can also create your own playlists that other people can listen to.
Now a days people like to do everything online, however once a magazine goes online we stop subscribing to it. The way in which music works now as all changed due to technology. Before CDs were used in order to listen to the albums, however people now put them onto an iPod or MP3 player. Although technology is constantly being used more and more we still don't want to read magazines online, which is really doesn't make much sense considering people are always on there phones or tablets.
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