Femme Actuelle

Femme Actuelle
Categories Women's magazine
Frequency Weekly
Circulation 687,100 (2014)
Publisher Prisma Press
Year founded 1984
First issue 1 October 1984 (1984-10-01)
Company Prisma Press
Country France
Based in Paris
Language French
Website Femme Actuelle

Femme Actuelle is a French-language weekly women's magazine published in Paris, France. It has British and Spanish editions.

History and profile

Femme Actuelle was first published in October 1984.[1][2][3] The magazine is part of Prisma Press, a subsidiary of the German media company Gruner+Jahr.[4][5] It is published by Prisma Press on a weekly basis[6] on Mondays.[7] Prisma Press also owns other magazines, including Prima, Voici and VSD.[1][6][8]

Femme Actuelle is headquartered in Paris and covers articles on fashion, cosmetics, literature, and entertainment.[9]

The magazine has editions in the United Kingdom and in Spain.[10] Its British edition is called Best and its Spanish edition Mia.[10] Both magazines are also owned by Gruner+Jahr company.[11]

On 26 July 2010 Femme Actuelle started its pocket size edition in addition to its standard edition.[12]

Circulation

The circulation of Femme Actuelle was 1,837,000 copies in 1991.[1] It was the fifth best-selling magazine in France in 1999 with a circulation of 1,634,000 copies.[13] The magazine had a circulation of 1,538,000 copies in 2001, making it the twelfth best-selling women's magazine worldwide.[14] In 2006 its circulation rose to 1,710,000 copies.[15]

In 2009 Femme Actuelle was the best-selling French women's magazine with a circulation of 927,420.[16][17] The same year it was also the fourth best-selling weekly women magazine in Europe.[17] In 2014 its circulation was 687,100 copies.[18]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Helena Hafstrand (1995). "Consumer Magazines in Transition". The Journal of Media Economics 8 (1). Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  2. "Femme Actuelle". Prisma Media. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  3. Europa World Year. Taylor & Francis Group. 2004. p. 1699. ISBN 978-1-85743-254-1. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. Lawrence D. Kritzman; Brian J. Reilly; M. B. DeBevoise (2007). The Columbia History of Twentieth-century French Thought. Columbia University Press. p. 723. ISBN 978-0-231-10790-7. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  5. Denis McQuail; Karen Siune (1998). Media Policy: Convergence, Concentration & Commerce. SAGE Publications. p. 12. ISBN 978-0-7619-5939-7. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Magazines". Prisma Media. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  7. "Rate card 2015" (PDF). Huson Media. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  8. Raymond Kuhn (1 March 2011). The Media In Contemporary France. McGraw-Hill Education (UK). p. 6. ISBN 978-0-335-23622-0. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  9. "Femme Actuelle. Factsheet". Publicitas. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  10. 1 2 Dominic Strinati; Stephen Wagg (24 February 2004). Come on Down?: Popular Media Culture in Post-War Britain. Routledge. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-134-92368-7. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  11. Anthony Weymouth; Bernard Lamizet (3 June 2014). Markets and Myths: Forces For Change In the European Media. Routledge. p. 128. ISBN 978-1-317-88970-0. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  12. "Femme Actuelle is also available in pocket size". Adnative. 22 July 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  13. Nicholas Hewitt, ed. (11 September 2003). The Cambridge Companion to Modern French Culture. Cambridge University Press. p. 137. ISBN 978-1-107-49447-3. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  14. "Top 50 Women’s magazines worldwide (by circulation)" (PDF). Magazines. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
  15. Helmut K Anheier; Yudhishthir Raj Isar (17 September 2008). Cultures and Globalization: The Cultural Economy. SAGE Publications. p. 460. ISBN 978-1-4462-0261-6. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  16. "Magazine Facts 2011" (PDF). Aikakaus Media. 4 April 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  17. 1 2 "World Magazine Trends 2010/2011" (PDF). FIPP. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  18. "Classement Presse Magazine 2014". OJD. Retrieved 24 April 2015.

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