Voici

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Voici
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Voici magazine cover, from the week of 1 May 2007.
EditorHedi Dahmani
CategoriesCelebrity and Women's magazine
FrequencyWeekly
Circulation 408,120 (2010)
Publisher Prisma Presse
Founded1987;38 years ago (1987)
Company Louis Hachette Group
Country France
Based in Paris
Language French
Website Voici
ISSN 0245-5803

Voici is a French language weekly celebrity and gossip magazine [1] [2] published in Paris, France.

Contents

History and profile

Voici was founded in 1987. [3] [4] The magazine is published on a weekly basis [5] and is based in Paris. [4] The weekly was formerly owned by the German media company, Bertelsmann/Gruner + Jahr. [6] The publisher is the Prisma Presse, [5] formerly a subsidiary of Gruner + Jahr. [7]

Vivendi acquired Prisma Media from Bertelsmann in 2020 and later the company spun-out its publishing operation (including Prisma Media and Voici) into Louis Hachette Group in 2024. [8] [9]

Voici claims the title of best selling French celebrity magazine, and second or third most widely read French women's magazine. [10] It includes beauty, fashion, health, society and entertainment sections.

Circulation

Voici had a circulation of 602,000 copies in 1991. [3] Its circulation was 576,000 copies in 1998. [11] In 2000 the circulation of the magazine was 514,180 copies and it was 522,042 copies in 2001. [4]

The circulation of Voici was 493,000 copies during the 2007–2008 period. [12] The weekly was the third best-selling celebrity magazine in France with a circulation of 408,000 copies in 2009. [13] Its circulation was 408,120 copies in 2010. [5]

References

  1. Sophie Marnette (2005). Speech and Thought Presentation in French: Concepts and Strategies. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 288. ISBN   978-90-272-5376-7.
  2. Jamil Dakhlia; Jocelyne Dakhlia (2008). Politique people (in French). Editions Bréal. p. 37. ISBN   978-2-7495-0521-3.
  3. 1 2 Helena Hafstrand (1995). "Consumer Magazines in Transition" . The Journal of Media Economics. 8 (1). doi:10.1207/s15327736me0801_1.
  4. 1 2 3 "Monday November 18 2002: the weekly magazine Voici at 15!". G+J. Hamburg. 17 November 2002. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 "World Magazine Trends 2010/2011" (PDF). FIPP. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
  6. Anthony Weymouth; Bernard Lamizet (3 June 2014). Markets and Myths: Forces For Change In the European Media. Routledge. p. 128. ISBN   978-1-317-88970-0.
  7. "Interview with Rolf Heinz, Président of Prisma Media". Bertelsmann. Paris. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  8. "Vivendi annonce avoir signé " une promesse d'achat " pour acquérir 100 % de Prisma Media". Le Monde.fr. 23 December 2020. Archived from the original on 2 February 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  9. Nostro, Gianluca Lo; Marchandon, Leo; Loève, Florence (16 December 2024). Nissi, Milla (ed.). "Canal+ falls, Havas and Louis Hachette up on market debut post Vivendi split". Reuters . Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  10. "Voici: N°1 people magazine & The women's sweet spot" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. (734 KB), readership profile, Prisma Presse. Retrieved 1 May 2007.
  11. François Dalbard-Martin (2001). "RPC, Buying Habits and the Time Factor in Media Planning" (Conference paper). World Wide Readership Symposia. Retrieved 1 March 2015.
  12. Anne Austin; et al. (2008). "Western Europe Market & Media Fact" (PDF). Zenith Optimedia. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  13. Raymond Kuhn (1 March 2011). The Media In Contemporary France. McGraw-Hill Education (UK). p. 9. ISBN   978-0-335-23622-0.