Prima (magazine)

Prima
Editor-in-chief Gwendoline Michaelis
Categories Women's magazine
General interest magazine
Frequency Monthly
Circulation 307,012 (2014)
Publisher Prisma Press
Year founded 1982
First issue 1 October 1982 (1982-10-01)
Company Prisma Press
Country France
Based in Paris
Language French
Website Prima

Prima is a monthly women's magazine published in Paris, France. The magazine has editions in Spain, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

History and profile

Prima was established in October 1982.[1][2] The magazine is part of Prisma Press, a subsidiary of the German media company Gruner+Jahr.[1][3][4] It is published by Prisma Press on a monthly basis.[1][5] The company also owns other magazines, including Femme Actuelle and VSD.[2]

Prima has its headquarters in Paris,[6] and features articles about everyday living[6] and fashion, beauty, decor and cuisine.[2] Gwendoline Michaelis is the editor-in-chief of the magazine which adopted a new motto, rejoignez la communauté des créatrices" (meaning Join the community of creative women in English) in June 2012.[7]

The magazine was also launched in Spain and Germany.[1][8] It was also started in the United Kingdom in September 1986.[9][10] The British edition is part of the Gruner + Jahr UK and is published monthly.[11]

Circulation

In 1991 Prima had a circulation of 1,211,000 copies.[1] Its British edition is the first monthly magazine in the United Kingdom of which circulation rose to more than one million copies.[9] In 1999 Prima was one of ten best-selling magazines in France with a circulation of 1,030,000 copies.[12]

Its circulation was 686,000 copies in France in 2005.[13] In 2007 the circulation of Prima was 529,000 copies in France and 290,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[14] The magazine had a circulation of 477,389 copies in France and 289,058 copies in the United Kingdom in 2010.[15] The circulation of the British edition was 260,550 copies during the first six months of 2012.[16] Its circulation was 307,012 copies in France in 2014.[17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Helena Hafstrand (1995). "Consumer Magazines in Transition". The Journal of Media Economics 8 (1). Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Prima". Prisma Media. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Prima". Gruner+Jahr. Retrieved 17 April 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 17 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Magazines". Prisma Media. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Prima (France). Factsheet". Publicitas. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Prima - Now at French newstands with a newconcept and fresh look". Gruner+Jahr. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  8. ↑ 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.
  9. 1 2 Howard Cox; Simon Mowatt (10 February 2014). Revolutions from Grub Street: A History of Magazine Publishing in Britain. OUP Oxford. p. 126. ISBN 978-0-19-166470-0. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  10. ↑ Anna Gough-Yates (29 August 2003). Understanding Women's Magazines: Publishing, Markets and Readerships in Late-Twentieth Century Britain. Routledge. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-134-60624-5. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "Magazine publishers". Magforum. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. ↑ "European Publishing Monitor. France" (PDF). Turku School of Economics (Media Group). March 2007. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  14. ↑ Anne Austin et. al. (2008). "Western Europe Market & Media Fact" (PDF). Zenith Optimedia. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "World Magazine Trends 2010/2011" (PDF). FIPP. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "Top 100 paid-for magazines, January-June 2012". The Guardian. 16 August 2012. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  17. ↑ "Presse Magazine". OJD. Retrieved 17 April 2015.

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