Bella (British magazine)

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Bella
Bella UK magazine 15 October 2024 cover.webp
Cover of 15 October 2024 issue
CategoriesWomen's weekly magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Total circulation
(Jan-Dec 2022)
87,500
Founded1987;37 years ago (1987)
First issue5 October 1987
Company Bauer
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish
Website www.bellamagazine.co.uk
ISSN 0953-0983

Bella is a weekly magazine aimed at women, currently published in the United Kingdom by H Bauer Publishing, [1] the UK subsidiary of the German-owned family business, the Bauer Media Group.

Contents

History and profile

Bella was started in 1987. [2] The first issue was published on 5 October 1987. [3] It was the first magazine published in the UK by Bauer and continues to be one of the strongest selling women's magazines in the country overall. A new issue is published every Tuesday. The headquarters of the magazine is in London. [2]

For the first half of 2013 Bella had a circulation of 209,022 copies. [4]

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References

  1. 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.
  2. 1 2 The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe. Taylor & Francis Group. 2004. p. 4378. ISBN   978-1-85743-255-8 . Retrieved 3 August 2015.
  3. "Women's weekly magazines". Magforum. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  4. "Mag ABCs: Full circulation round-up for the first half of 2013". Press Gazette . 15 August 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.