Conventions of a magazine cover, contents page and double page spread

Conventions of front cover-
Genre
Target Audience
Skyline
Date line
Sell lines
Puffs
Main image
Main headline
Masthead
Footer
USP
Banner
Featured articles
Issue number

Conventions of contents page-
Issue number
Cover date
Page title
Features
Images from articles
Clear font
External advertisements (relevant to the magazine genre)
Quotes from some articles

Conventions of a double page spread-
Page title at the top
Name of the band/interviewees
A continuous house style
Introduction to the article
The article written in columns
Editor's details
By line/credits
Highlighted quotes
Relevant image(s)
Text or image spreading over both pages