Avenue (magazine)

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Avenue
Avenue (magazine) November 1988 cover.jpg
November 1988 cover of Avenue
FrequencyMonthly
First issue1965
Final issue1994 (1994) (print)
CountryNetherlands
LanguageDutch

Avenue was a defunct Dutch glossy monthly magazine. In its original form it was established in 1965 and shut down in 1994. [1] In 2001, publisher VNU restarted the magazine, surviving only four issues. [2] [3]

Its core public were women between 25 and 55 years of age. Its secondary public were men of that age range. [4]

History

In its early years, the magazine was influential. [5] Joop Swart served as the editor-in-chief of the magazine, [6] the culinary journalist Wina Born, photographer Ed van der Elsken and the authors Jan Cremer, W.F. Hermans and Cees Nooteboom contributed. At its height the magazine sold 125,000 copies a month. [7]

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References

  1. David Machin; Theo Van Leeuwen (17 May 2007). Global Media Discourse: A Critical Introduction. Routledge. p. 39. ISBN   978-1-134-24090-6 . Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  2. (in Dutch) Tijdschrift Avenue komt weer terug
  3. (in Dutch) Avenue van A tot Zero Archived 24 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Tijdschrift Avenue komt weer terug
  5. (in Dutch) Canon van de Tijdschriften - 1967 Archived June 13, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  6. "1967 Contest in context". World Press Photo. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  7. (in Dutch) Tijdschrift Avenue komt weer terug