Joy (magazine)

JOY

Joy August 2011 cover
Categories	Women's magazine
Frequency	Monthly
Publisher	Marquard
Founded	1995;30 years ago (1995)
Final issue	January-February 2023
Company	Marquard (1995-2012) Bauer Media Group (2012-2020) Ocean Global (2020-2023)
Country	Germany
Website	www.joy.de
ISSN	1422-9188

Joy is an international women's magazine, started in 1995 ^[1] with German language edition. Magazine topics are lifestyle, trends, fashion, beauty, men. Covers usually feature famous actresses, singers and other female entertainers.

In Germany Joy is part of Bauer Media and is published by Marquard on a monthly basis. ^[1] The magazine folded in December 2022 after 27 years of publication. ^[2]

Editions

Joy has 9 international editions:

• Germany (since 1995)
• Hungary (since 1998)
• Serbia (since 2003)
• Romania (since 2004)
• Czech Republic (since 2005)
• Russia (since 2006)
• Bulgaria (since 2006)
• Ukraine (since 2007)
• Indonesia (since 2011)

References

1. "Women's Magazines in Germany" (PDF). Gruner+Jahr. October 2006. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
2. "Ocean Global stellt Frauenzeitschriften „Joy" und "Shape" ein". Meedia.de (in German). 19 December 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2025.

External links

• Official website