Media studies magazine development.
Rock Mags:

Q magazine
A Different Take On Music
Q is a music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom, with a circulation of 130,179 as of June 2007. Q was first published in 1979. Originally was to be called Cue (as in the sense of cueing a record, ready to play), but the name was changed so that it wouldn't be mistaken for a snooker magazine. Another reason, cited in Q's 200th edition, is that a single-letter title would be more prominent on newsstands.

Kerrang magazine
Live life loud
Kerrang! was first published on 6 June 1981. During the 1980s and early 1990s the magazine placed many thrash and glam metal acts on the cover (like Mötley Crüe, Slayer, Bon Jovi, Metallica, Poison, Testament, Venom) but later discarded them when grunge acts such as Nirvana rose to fame.

Mojo magazine
Mojo is a popular music magazine published by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom. Mojo was first published on 15 October 1993. Often criticised for its frequent coverage of classic rock acts such as The Beatles and Bob Dylan.

Other magazines.
Classic Rock is a British magazine dedicated to the radio format of classic rock, published by Future Publishing, who are also responsible for its "sister" publication Metal Hammer. Although firmly focusing on key bands from the 1960s through early 1990s. It recently published its 100th issue and now has a higher circulation than the NME.

Raw Magazine was founded in the summer of 1988. Producers came together to create Metal Hammer magazine having split from Kerrang! The first issue went on sale on August 31 of that year as a fortnightly publication and steadily grew to become a serious rival to the more established Kerrang!. Rock Hard was one of the first songs released by the Beastie Boys, released by record label Def Jam on 12" in 1984. The song contains samples from the AC/DC song "Back in Black"; the Beastie Boys used this sample without legal permission.

Ray Gun was an American alternative rock-and-roll magazine, first published in 1992 in Santa Monica, California. The result was a chaotic, abstract style, not always readable, but distinctive in appearance. The cutting-edge advertising, musical artists and pop culture icons spotlighted were typically ahead of the curve.