regional magazine research

With a range of regional magazine out there already I think the best way for me to create one of these is to look at what already out there and see what code and conventions there doing and see what I like, what I don't like and whats works within today market. This way I can see what I would like to incorporate into my magazine. 

I will be looking at a series of different magazine to get a wide range of research on the different types of magazines that are out in the market. these magazine are: Culture, Spark, The Crack, ECT, Living and Vibe. 

Not only will I be looking at them but I will also contact by email asking some questions about what/ who are there target market and how do they attract and deliver to there target market. This will give me more information for my research which I can use when I make my magazine. 

Here are the questions that I emailed out to the different magazine editors. 

• Who distributes your magazine?
• Who are the target audience for your magazine?
• What do your target audience like about your magazine?
• How do you market your magazine to your target audience?
• Why is your magazine free?

As most of the magazines have there own web sight I will also be looking on there for any information about the magazine; again this will help with gathering more information which will come handy when I make my magazine.