Amica (magazine)

Amica
Editor-in-chief Emanuela Testori
Categories Women's magazine
Fashion magazine
Frequency Monthly
Publisher RCS Periodici
Year founded 1962
First issue 1 March 1962 (1962-03-01)
Company RCS MediaGroup
Country Italy
Based in Milan
Language Italian
Website Amica

Amica is an Italian language monthly fashion and women's magazine based in Milan, Italy. The magazine has several international editions published in Bulgaria, Indonesia and Singapore.

History and profile

Amica was first established in March 1962.[1][2][3][4] The cover of its first issue was dedicated to Sophia Loren.[1] The original publisher of the magazine was Crespi.[2] The magazine is part of RCS MediaGroup and is published by RCS Periodici on a monthly basis in Milan.[3][5] It offers articles on the recent fashion trends.[3]

From 1986 to 2001 Casamica, a magazine on interior design, was distributed with Amica.[6] Later it became a supplement of the daily paper Corriere della Sera, another publication of RCS MediaGroup.[6] The online edition of Amica appeared in 1997.[7] The Bulgarian edition of the magazine was launched in late September 2007.[8][9] Its editions in Indonesia and Singapore, published in English, were both started in 2008.[10] In November 2011 the Italian edition was redesigned and began to include four sections: Stories, Fashion, Beauty, and Escape.[11] At the end of 2014 the international edition of the magazine, Amica International, was started.[12]

The editor-in-chief of Amica is Emanuela Testori.[13]

Circulation

Amica had a circulation of 209,638 copies in 1984.[14] Its circulation was 180,257 copies in 2007.[15][16] From August 2010 to July 2011 the monthly had a circulation of 145,380 copies.[11]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "10 Pure Italian Fashion Magazines You can’t Miss". Studying It. 5 July 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 Sergio de Claricini (February 1965). "Women's Weeklies in Italy" (PDF). International Communication Gazette 11 (1): 43–56. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Factsheet. Amica". Adnative. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "AMICA Italy". Fashion Model Directory. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "The Best Italian Fashion, Beauty and Style Magazines". Made in Italy. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  6. 1 2 "Magazines". Who's Who in Italy. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
  7. ↑ Ulrich Kaiser (20 January 2005). "The effects of website provision on the demand magazines" (Workshop paper). University of Copenhagen. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Amica: In search of the good life, we drop an anchor near Cape Ambelits in Lozenets". Chobanov & Stoyanov. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Market position". Bleispa. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "RCS MediaGroup: Amica in Indonesia and Singapore". RCS MediaGroup. 9 October 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  11. 1 2 "Women's magazine Amica has a new lay-out". Publicitas. 20 October 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "AMICA International to launch at the end of the year". Adnative. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Amica". RCS Communication Solutions. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  14. ↑ Maria Teresa Crisci. "Relationships between numbers of readers per copy and the characteristics of magazines" (PDF). Print and Digital Research Forum. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  15. ↑ Anne Austin et. al. (2008). "Western Europe Market and Media Fact" (PDF). Zenith Optimedia. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "Dati ADS (tirature e vendite)". Fotografi (in Italian). Retrieved 26 April 2015.

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