Summary
Gente (Italian: People)[1] is a popular and long-running Italian weekly current affairs[2] and celebrity gossip magazine.
| Categories | Current affairs magazine Gossip magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 332,340 (2010) |
| Founder | Edilio Rusconi |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Company | Hearst Magazines |
| Country | Italy |
| Based in | Milan |
| Language | Italian |
| Website | Gente |
History and profile edit
Gente was launched in Milan in 1957.[1] Its founder and publisher was Edilio Rusconi,[3] an Italian journalist, writer, publisher and film producer.[4] The magazine was the flagship of Rusconi Group.[5] The magazine was part of Rusconi Group until 1999 when the Group was acquired by Hachette Filipacchi Médias, a subsidiary of Lagardère SCA.[6]
The magazine was published by Hachette Rusconi under the Hachette Filipacchi Médias ownership.[7][8] It was owned by Hachette Filipacchi Médias[9] until 2011 when it was acquired by Hearst Magazines.[10][11] It is published on a weekly basis.[7][12]
Circulation edit
In 1964 the circulation of Gente was 331,000 copies which rose to 390,000 copies in 1968.[13]
Gente had a circulation of 667,553 copies in 1984.[14] It rose to 769,185 copies between September 1993 and August 1994.[15] In 2000 the magazine had a circulation of 690,000 copies.[16] The 2004 circulation of the magazine was 573,000 copies.[17] It was 411,425 copies in 2007.[18][19] Its circulation was 332,340 copies in 2010.[7]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "The most important Italian magazines". Life in Italy. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
- ^ Nico Pitrelli; Federica Manzoli; Barbara Montolli (2006). "Science in advertising: uses and consumptions in the Italian press". Public Understanding of Science. 15 (2): 207–220. doi:10.1177/0963662506061126. S2CID 145589253.
- ^ Gaetana Marrone, ed. (2007). Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies: A-J. New York; London: Routledge. p. 980. ISBN 978-1-57958-390-3.
- ^ "Edilio Rusconi". Brand Milano. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ Philip Cooke (2011). The Legacy of the Italian Resistance. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 98. ISBN 978-0-230-11901-7.
- ^ "Hachette Filipacchi Médias acquiert la majorité du Groupe Rusconi" (Press release). Lagardère Group (in French). Paris. 3 February 1999. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ a b c "World Magazine Trends 2010/2011" (PDF). FIPP. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ Maria Lombardo, ed. (2009). Giornali d'Europa. Catania: editpress. p. 33. ISBN 978-88-89726-30-3.
- ^ Marco Mazzoni; Antonio Ciaglia (2013). "How Italian politics goes popular: Evidence from an empirical analysis of gossip magazines and TV shows". International Journal of Cultural Studies. 17 (4): 381–398. doi:10.1177/1367877913496199. S2CID 153639453.
- ^ "French Lagardere sells international magazines to Hearst". Publicitas. 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ Daniele Lepido (6 July 2011). "Il gruppo Hearst fa shopping nei periodici italiani". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ Mark Gilbert; Robert K. Nilsson, eds. (2007). Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press. p. 355. ISBN 978-0-8108-6428-3.
- ^ Laura Ciglioni (2017). "Italian Public Opinion in the Atomic Age: Mass-market Magazines Facing Nuclear Issues (1963–1967)". Cold War History. 17 (3): 205–221. doi:10.1080/14682745.2017.1291633. S2CID 157614168.
- ^ Maria Teresa Crisci. "Relationships between numbers of readers per copy and the characteristics of magazines" (PDF). The Print and Digital Research Forum. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ "Top paid-circulation consumer magazines". Ad Age. 17 April 1995. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
- ^ "Top 50 General Interest magazines worldwide (by circulation)" (PDF). Magazine.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "European Publishing Monitor. Italy" (PDF). Turku School of Economics and KEA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ^ "Dati ADS (tirature e vendite)". Fotografi (in Italian). Archived from the original on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
- ^ Anne Austin; et al. (2008). "Western Europe Market and Media Fact" (PDF). Zenith Optimedia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
External links edit
- Official website