Libelle (Belgian magazine)

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Libelle
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Founded1938;85 years ago (1938)
Company Roularta Media Group
Country Belgium
Based in Mechelen
Language Dutch
Website Libelle

Libelle (Dutch: Dragonfly) is a Flemish weekly lifestyle and women's magazine based in Mechelen, Belgium. The magazine is the spin-off the magazine with the same name, Libelle , published in the Netherlands.

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History and profile

Libelle was started as a spin-off of the Dutch magazine with the same name in 1938. [1] The parent brand of Libelle is published in the Netherlands. [2] Each magazine has an independent editorial board. [2]

Mediaxis sold both Libelle and its sister publication Femmes d'Aujourd'hui to the Finnish media company Sanoma in 2001. [3] Then Libelle was published by Sanoma Magazines Belgium on a weekly basis. [4] [5] [6] The Roularta Media Group acquired Libelle, Femmes d'Aujourd'hui and other women's title Gael in June 2018. [3] [7]

Libelle was the first Flemish women's magazine. [8] [9] It was also the first Belgian women's magazine, which did not heavily cover romantic serial novels. [8] The publication of the magazine stopped during World War II, and it was relaunched as a weekly in November 1945. [1] [10] [11] Libelle offers articles about home, recipes and fashion. [4] The magazine had its headquarters in Antwerp [10] before moving to Mechelen. [11]

In 1970 Libelle merged with another Flemish women's magazine, Rosita. [1] [8] The magazine has had a conservative stance since then. [1] In 1990 it merged with another magazine, Het Rijk der Vrouw . [1] [8] Libelle has its own clothing collection which is sold in cooperating stores. [1] In 2004 the website of the magazine was started. [1]

Libelle is the recipient of the 2003 Zorra Public Award for its woman-friendly commercial. [9] The magazine also awarded the 2004 silver EFFIE prize. [9]

Circulation

In 2000 Libelle sold 214,700 copies. [12] During the period of 2006-2007 it was the best-selling women's magazine in Belgium selling 267,000 copies. [13] The circulation of the magazine was 226,161 copies in 2010 and 223,476 copies in 2011. [14] It fell to 214,333 copies in 2012 [14] and to 212,251 copies in 2013. [15]

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