Gente (magazine)

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Gente
CategoriesCurrent affairs magazine
Gossip magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation 332,340 (2010)
FounderEdilio Rusconi
Founded1957;66 years ago (1957)
Company Hearst Magazines
CountryItaly
Based in Milan
Language Italian
Website Gente

Gente (Italian: People) [1] is a popular and long-running Italian weekly current affairs [2] and celebrity gossip magazine.

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History and profile

Gente was launched in Milan in 1957. [1] Its founder and publisher was Edilio Rusconi, [3] an Italian journalist, writer, publisher and film producer. [4] The magazine was the flagship of Rusconi Group. [5] The magazine was part of Rusconi Group until 1999 when the Group was acquired by Hachette Filipacchi Médias, a subsidiary of Lagardère SCA. [6]

The magazine was published by Hachette Rusconi under the Hachette Filipacchi Médias ownership. [7] [8] It was owned by Hachette Filipacchi Médias [9] until 2011 when it was acquired by Hearst Magazines. [10] [11] It is published on a weekly basis. [7] [12]

Circulation

In 1964 the circulation of Gente was 331,000 copies which rose to 390,000 copies in 1968. [13]

Gente had a circulation of 667,553 copies in 1984. [14] It rose to 769,185 copies between September 1993 and August 1994. [15] In 2000 the magazine had a circulation of 690,000 copies. [16] The 2004 circulation of the magazine was 573,000 copies. [17] It was 411,425 copies in 2007. [18] [19] Its circulation was 332,340 copies in 2010. [7]

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