Epoca (magazine)

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Epoca
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1953 cover featuring Margherita, Archduchess of Austria-Este
Former editors
CategoriesCurrent affairs magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Founded1950
First issue14 October 1950
Final issue1997
Company
Country Italy
Based in Milan
Language Italian
ISSN 0013-9718
OCLC 1718813
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Epoca (Italian : Age) was an illustrated weekly current events magazine published between 1950 and 1997 in Milan, Italy. It was one of the leading magazines during its run.

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History and profile

October 1950 issue of Epoca Copertina Epoca ottobre1950 Mondadori.jpg
October 1950 issue of Epoca

Epoca was first published on 14 October 1950. [1] [2] [3] The magazine was modeled on Life [4] [5] and Paris Match . [2] Epoca was the first Italian publication which employed the illustrations like these and other popular magazines of the period such as Look . [6]

Epoca was part of Mondadori [3] [7] and was based in Milan. [8] [9] Its first editor was Alberto Mondadori who was succeeded in the post by Enzo Biagi in 1953. [2] During the period until 1960 when Enzo Biagi edited Epoca the magazine covered current affairs news, social attitudes as well as TV news. [2] The magazine also included frequent and detailed articles about Hollywood stars of the period [10] [11] and Italian movie stars such as Gina Lollobrigida. [12] The weekly had offices in New York City, Paris and Tokyo. [5] From June 1952 to the late 1958 the Cuban-Italian writer Alba de Céspedes wrote an agony column, called Dalla parte di lei, in the magazine. [13]

Then Epoca became part of Rizzoli Editori [5] and began to cover travel and nature news with photographs and scientific articles. [2] The magazine had a section called I bei posti (Italian: Beautiful Places) which featured the photographs of unknown places such as Bahamas, Marrakesh and Acapulco by Mario de Biasi, Alfredo Panucci and Giorgio Lotti. [4]

Epoca was closed down in 1997 due to low circulation. [2] [8]

Political stance

Epoca was established as a pro-American but also conservative magazine. [6] In the period between 1952 and 1953 the magazine supported the Italian government. [9] During the 1960s the magazine had a moderate political stance, but was extremely anti-communist. [14] It was extremely conservative in the late 1960s and considered miniskirts as immoral dresses. [15]

Circulation

Epoca had a circulation of 150,000 copies in the period 1952–1953. [9] The magazine sold 420,000 copies in 1955. [16] Its circulation was 400,000 copies in 1963 [17] and 305,000 copies in 1964. [14] In 1970 the circulation of Epoca was 350,000 copies. [18] The weekly had a circulation of 120,046 copies in 1984. [19]

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