Blender was an American music magazine that billed i tse lf as "the ultimate guide to music and more". It was also known for sometimes steamy pictorials of celebrities. It compiled lists of albums, artists, and songs, including both "best of" and "worst of" lists. In each issue, there was a review of an artist's entire discography, with each album being analyzed in turn.
In June 2006, the Chicago Tribune named it one of the top ten English-language magazines, describing it as "the cool kid at the school of rock magazines."
Owner Alpha Media Group closed Blender magazine March 26, 2009, going to an online-only format in a move that eliminated 30 jobs and reduced the company's portfolio of titles to Maxim alone. Blender 's final print issue was the April 2009 issue. Subscribers to the magazine were sent issues of Maxim magazine to make up for the unsent Blender issues.
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Masthead analysis:
On every issue of the Blender magazine, the masthead is at the top of the cover and it is the largest text on the cover. Because it is written in big, bold and usually colourful letters, it clearly stands out and draws the reader's attention. Blender uses differnt looking masthead on almost every issue. Most of the time the colour of the masthead depends on the colour schmeme of the cover.
People connect something sharp or mixed stuff with the word "Blender" and therefore the cut trought the masthead links perfectly to what it sounds like. But especically by black mastheads they do not use the cut.
Normally the word Blender is written again in small letters in the "B" of the actuall masthead and sometimes there is a banner under the masthead which says :" Your music buddy".
I think that all these difference depend on when the issue was published, because they changed there style of the masthead over the years.
Usually the masthead is mostly coverd up by the main image. This shows the confidence of the publisher, as he thinks that the magazine is quite well known and therfore the whole masthead does not need to be shown, but the reader can still regonize it.
In June 2006, the Chicago Tribune named it one of the top ten English-language magazines, describing it as "the cool kid at the school of rock magazines."
Owner Alpha Media Group closed Blender magazine March 26, 2009, going to an online-only format in a move that eliminated 30 jobs and reduced the company's portfolio of titles to Maxim alone. Blender 's final print issue was the April 2009 issue. Subscribers to the magazine were sent issues of Maxim magazine to make up for the unsent Blender issues.
-Wikipedia-
Masthead analysis:
On every issue of the Blender magazine, the masthead is at the top of the cover and it is the largest text on the cover. Because it is written in big, bold and usually colourful letters, it clearly stands out and draws the reader's attention. Blender uses differnt looking masthead on almost every issue. Most of the time the colour of the masthead depends on the colour schmeme of the cover.
People connect something sharp or mixed stuff with the word "Blender" and therefore the cut trought the masthead links perfectly to what it sounds like. But especically by black mastheads they do not use the cut.
Normally the word Blender is written again in small letters in the "B" of the actuall masthead and sometimes there is a banner under the masthead which says :" Your music buddy".
I think that all these difference depend on when the issue was published, because they changed there style of the masthead over the years.
Usually the masthead is mostly coverd up by the main image. This shows the confidence of the publisher, as he thinks that the magazine is quite well known and therfore the whole masthead does not need to be shown, but the reader can still regonize it.