The history of NME magazine
NME stand for musical express (NME) a British music journalism magazine first relisted on the 7th of march 1952. NME is mainly associated with rock, alternative and indie music. It was the first even newspaper to include a singles chart and in the 1970's it became the best-selling British music newspaper. NME started as a music newspaper and then gradually moved towards a magazine format during the 1980's. The NME logo has been used with slight variation, has been since 1970. 
In July 2015 NME removed the cover price and became free publication. NME launched this on thw 18th of september 2015. The free NME includes broader coverage of film, video games and fashion along side music. NME mainly targets man ages 17-13. People between lower middle class, skilled working class and working class are all targets of his specific magazine publication.
NME is multi -platformed as it has an online version which was launched in 1996. In may 2011 NME relased the NME smartphone app and the following mouth, NME launched it's first iPad app.And in September the site also launched a new series of self-produced band documentary's films, entitled the Ultimate Guide NME also organizes tours that consist of a variety of tours organised by the British music industry publication NME. Throughout the year, NME sponsors numerous tours of the United Kingdom by various up-and-coming and established bands in a variety of formats. The tours are titled to reflect the genre and type of band playing on them. NME are sponsored bu many company's e.g Pizza Hut and Bubweiser Brew. NME is now editor-ed by Mike Williams and is published weekly and this under the company TimeInc.com
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