Auto Bild

Auto Bild

Auto Bild sample cover
Editor Bernd Wieland
Categories Automobile magazine
Frequency Weekly
Circulation 555,500 (2012)
First issue 23 February 1986 (1986-02-23)
Company Axel Springer AG
Country Germany
Based in Hamburg
Language German
Website autobild.de
ISSN 0930-7095

Auto Bild (ISSN 0930-7095) is a leading German automobile magazine based in Hamburg, Germany.[1]

History and profile

Auto Bild was first published in the last week of February 1986.[2][3] The magazine is published by Axel Springer AG on a weekly basis.[4] The website of the magazine was started in 1996.[2] From May 2009 another magazine Auto Bild Motorsport began to appear weekly in Auto Bild.[5]

Auto Bild with its worldwide licensed editions, of which more than 7 million copies are sold every month, is published in 36 countries.[2] Foreign editions include France's Auto Plus,[6] the UK's Auto Express and Turkey's Auto Show. The magazine also has a Polish edition which is part of Axel Springer AG via its subsidiary Axel Springer Polska.[7] The Finnish edition of the magazine, Auto Bild Suomi, was started in 2004 and is published by Sanoma Magazines.[8][9] The Bulgarian version of the magazine is published under the name of Auto Bild Bulgaria which also published by Axel Springer AG.[10] In Spain its edition is published on a weekly basis with the original name by Axel Springer AG.[11] The Italian edition of the magazine, Auto Oggi, is licensed by Mondadori.[6] In 2008 its Romanian edition was launched by Ringier.[12] It is published on a bimonthly basis.[12] On 15 November 2012 the Argentina edition was started by Grupo Veintitres which holds the license of the magazine.[13]

Circulation

In 2001 Auto Bild had a circulation of 792,000 copies in Germany.[4] The circulation of the magazine was 592,245 copies in Germany in 2010, making it the fourth best-selling European automobile magazine.[14] The same year its Spanish edition had a circulation of 32,484 copies.[11] Its circulation was 555,500 copies in 2012 in Germany[15]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Auto Bild (Germany)". Publicitas. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "International Licensing 2012/2013" (PDF). Axel Springer. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  3. ↑ Dick Hendrikse (September 1986). "Illiteracy: Threat to European Magazines?". Folio: the Magazine for Magazine Management 15. Retrieved 31 March 2015. – via Questia (subscription required)
  4. 1 2 "Top 50 Special Interest magazines worldwide (by circulation)" (PDF). Magazine Organization. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
  5. ↑ "Auto Bild Motorsport becomes Europe largest motorsports magazine". Adnative. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
  6. 1 2 Helena Hafstrand (1995). "Consumer Magazines in Transition". The Journal of Media Economics 8 (1). Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Axel Springer Polska acquires the Przeglad Sportowy sports paper". Axel Springer AG. 29 June 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
  8. ↑ Jukka Pietiläinen. "Finnish mass media in the era of globalisation". Igni. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Sanoma Magazines Finland Selects Neo by Anygraaf". Anygraaf Oy. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Eastern Empires" (Report). Brussels: European Federation of Journalists. June 2003. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  11. 1 2 "World magazine trends 2010/2011. Spain" (PDF). FIPP. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  12. 1 2 "Auto Bild". Ringier. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Grupo Veintitres Launches Auto Bild in Argentina". FIPP. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "World Magazine Trends 2010/2011" (PDF). FIPP. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "Annual Report 2012" (PDF). Axel Springer AG. Retrieved 30 March 2015.

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