Classica (magazine)

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Classica is a monthly [1] French classical music magazine founded in 1998. [2]

The reviews section awards Choc-Classica recommendations to selected recordings while the annual record awards of the magazine are called the Chocs de l'année.

It was owned by the Roularta Media Group until January 2015 when it was acquired by French businessman Patrick Drahi. [3]

In 2013 the circulation of Classica was 26,599 copies. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Classica". Iconic International Communications. Archived from the original on 24 September 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
  2. Classica Archived 23 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine Qobuz.
  3. "Roularta to sell seven French magazines to tycoon Patrick Drahi". Reuters. 8 January 2015. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2015.