Magazine Cover Staff Blog

Author: Gracie

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Getting to know the Judges..

Today we had a quick chat with Gideon Keith – one of the NZ 2012 Maggies judges who helped shortlist the entries to our lucky 25 finalists! Gideon loves the magazine world and is a Creative Partner at Strategy Design and Advertising in Auckland.

November 1, 2012 @ 8:41 am
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The Presets: Pacifica

Creating a follow-up to a break-through album can be a nerve-racking process, however in the case of The Presets it’s even more so with their last album gaining triple Platinum success. The aussie electronic duo have recently released their third studio album, Pacifica and what better timing to appear on the cover of The Music Network magazine.

October 22, 2012 @ 2:05 pm
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Frank Ocean – He is just that cool.

With his new album Channel Orange being rushed out a week early due to rave reviews, Frank Ocean is one of the most talked about artists in the music industry today. With his second studio album release many have debated the genre of Ocean’s diverse RnB sound describing it himself as , “Stevie-style keyboard breeziness to mystic psych rock to crunching 8-bit funk’.

September 14, 2012 @ 11:32 am
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Azealia Banks, ‘Blows Up’.

Azealia is featured on the issue inflating a raspberry coloured condom, which Rod Stanley the editor of Dazed & Confused confessed that the cover was bound to make international headlines ‘I knew this cover would be talked about, but didn’t expect a confident, young woman posing with an inflated condom to cause this much fuss.”

August 31, 2012 @ 3:31 pm
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Does Kim Kardashian belong on the cover of a fashion magazine?

New York magazine has decided to feature American socialite Kim Kardashian on their Fall Fashion issue, along with the controversial cover line ‘Does Kim Kardashian belong on the cover of a fashion magazine?’

August 20, 2012 @ 4:08 pm
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Kiwi songbird Kimbra

Triple J magazine has recently undergone a facelift, and what better way to re-launch the publication then with their annual sex issue. Not only has the magazine changed to a bi-monthly frequency but its also bigger in size with an array of new columnists including scientist Dr Karl.

August 7, 2012 @ 10:28 am
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Is the world going TomKat Krazy?

Katie Holmes appears to be relatively at ease gracing the retro front cover of Australian Women’s Weekly this month. However after the news that the well-known Hollywood couple TomKat have announced their split after 5 years of marriage, Katie has …

July 25, 2012 @ 3:46 pm
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Just In TIME For Mother’s Day.

When the explosive TIME magazine cover of blogger Jamie Jynne Grumet nursing her nearly 4 year old son hit the stands on the 10th of May, it caused an intense debate all over the world.

May 22, 2012 @ 5:00 pm
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Stories Behind The Inked

Inked Australia/NZ magazine manages to rip the clothes off tattooed bodies to reveal the story behind the art. It’s usually the individuals you would never think of who are the ones with with ink to bare…

November 1, 2011 @ 10:01 am
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Still Red, Still Rocking.

“I see red, I see red, I see red” – Literally on the cover of Triple J magazine this month. Hot off the press this issue goes deep into the mind of Ms Florence Welch ahead of the well awaited release of her second album “Ceremonials”. And the singer can hardly go unnoticed with her iconic flaming red hair, which takes up most of the cover for Issue 56.

October 28, 2011 @ 3:02 pm