An insight of Q magazine
Q magazine is inventive, insightful, and releverent; the UK’s biggest selling music magazine and the world’s best music guide. The reason is simple – Q gets the interviews and exclusives that no other magazine can. Couple this with the famous Q magazine Review section and our new Entertainment section, featuring everything you need to know about films, DVDs, radio, books, games and gadgets, and you’ve got what amounts to the most essential music/entertainment guide there is.
· Q's current editor is Paul Rees; former editor of the UK edition of Ker rang! Another musical Bauer publication based on heavier rock/metal music.
· In 2006, Q published a readers' survey; the 100 Greatest Songs Ever won by Oasis' Live Forever
· In the April 2007 issue, Q published an article containing the 100 Greatest Singers, won by Elvis Presley
· Q has a history of associating with charitable organizations, and in 2006 the British anti-poverty charity War on Want was named its official charity.
· In late 2008 Q revamped its image, with a smaller amount of text and an increased focus on subjects other than music. This "Rolling Stone-isation" has led to criticism from much of the traditional Q readership, though it is yet to be seen if this change in attitude will dramatically affect sales.
· Lady Gaga posed topless in a shoot for the April 2010 issue of the magazine, which was banned by stores in the United States due to the singer revealing too much of her breasts
· The magazine has a close relationship with the Glastonbury Festival producing both a free daily newspaper on site during the festival and a review magazine available at the end of the festival.
· They also have an official website that fans can visit to be kept updated of upcoming events and realises