Capital (French magazine)

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Capital
Categories Business magazine
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation 233,249 (2014)
PublisherPrisma Press
FounderAlex Ganz
Founded1991;34 years ago (1991)
First issueOctober 1991
Company Louis Hachette Group
CountryFrance
Based inParis
Language French
Website Capital
ISSN 1162-6704

Capital is a monthly French economics and business magazine published in Paris, France. [1]

Contents

History and profile

Capital was established in 1991. [2] [3] The magazine took its name from its then-sister publication in Germany with the first issue appeared in October 1991. [4] Axel Ganz, head of the international operations section of Gruner + Jahr, was the founder of the magazine, [4] which is published monthly by the Prisma Press group. [2] [5] The editor-in-chief is Jean-Joël Gurviez. Its target audience is the senior executives and decision-makers in the fields of industry, finance and politics. [6]

In 2015 Capital was redesigned and its logo was changed. [7]

Vivendi acquired Prisma Media from Bertelsmann in 2020 and later the company spun-out its publishing operation (including Prisma Media and Capital France) into Louis Hachette Group in 2024. [8] [9]

Circulation

In 1991 Capital's circulation was 220,000 copies. [3] Its circulation was 339,771 copies in 1994. [10] In 2001 the magazine had a circulation of 384,000 copies. [5] During the period of 2003–2004 the magazine sold 361,450 copies. [11] The magazine's paid circulation in 2007 was 384,795 copies. It was 338,062 copies in the period of 2009–2010. [6] In 2014 the magazine sold 233,249 copies. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Capital (France)". Adnative. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "La marque Capital". Prisma Group (in French). Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  3. 1 2 Helena Hafstrand (1995). "Consumer Magazines in Transition". The Journal of Media Economics. 8 (1). Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 Dilip Subramanian (13 November 1991). "The Axel Ganz Formula: Journalism + Marketing". The New York Times. Paris. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Top 50 Finance/Business/News magazines worldwide (by circulation)" (PDF). Magazine Organization. Archived from the original (Report) on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Capital France". Huson Media. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Business magazine Capital adopts a new lay-out". Adnative. 25 April 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Vivendi annonce avoir signé " une promesse d'achat " pour acquérir 100 % de Prisma Media". Le Monde.fr. 23 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  9. ↑ Nostro, Gianluca Lo; Marchandon, Leo; Loève, Florence (16 December 2024). Nissi, Milla (ed.). "Canal+ falls, Havas and Louis Hachette up on market debut post Vivendi split". Reuters . Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  10. ↑ Jose L. Alvarez; Carmelo Mazza; Jordi Mur (October 1999). "The management publishing industry in Europe" (PDF). University of Navarra. Archived from the original (Occasional Paper No:99/4) on 30 June 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  11. ↑ E. Martin (30 November 2005). Marketing Identities Through Language: English and Global Imagery in French Advertising. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 6. ISBN   978-0-230-51190-3 . Retrieved 25 September 2016.
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